What do plants and animals need?

How do plants and animals get food in a grassland?

How do plants and animals get food in an ocean?

What can cause a food web to change?

animals help each other? How do plants and animals help each other?

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What do all animals need to live and grow? Page 71

Air Water Shelter Space to live Food

What is main difference between a producer and consumer? Page 71

A producer makes its own food. A consumer gets food from its habitat.

Which animal do you think needs more water, food and space? Page 71-73

more water, food and space The lion would need more water, food and space because it is larger than the others.

Why do larger animals need larger shelter? Page 72

Shelter protects an animal from other animals and from the weather. A big animal won’t fit in a small shelter.

What is the effect if the habitat does not have enough food or water for all of the animals that live there? Page 72

Some of the animals might die.

What is a food chain? Page 74

All living things need food. Most plants make food. Some animals eat plants. Other animals eat those animals.

Where does the deer get its energy?

The deer gets its energy from eating the grass.

What is a predator? Page 75

A predator is an animal that catches and eats another animal.

What is a food web made up of? Page 76

The food chains in a habitat make up a food web.

Give an example of a predator and its prey. Page 74-75

How is the Sea otter a consumer?

The Sea otter consumes (or eats) the sea urchin.

True or False Plants are not part of the food chain in the ocean.

food chains in the ocean. False Plants begin most food chains in the ocean.

Where does the tuna its energy?

The tuna gets its energy from the mackerel.

Where does kelp get its energy? Page 80

Kelp gets its energy from the sun.

eat sea urchin than sea otter? How many more animals eat sea urchin than sea otter? Page 80-81

3 animals eat sea urchin 1 animal eats sea star 3-1=2 more animals

What happens to living things in a lake when people throw trash in the water?

could get sick or even die. The living things could get sick or even die.

How do otters get hurt after an oil spill? Page 83

Oil gets on their fur.

How could an oil spill cause a food web to change? Page 83

Animals can die as a result of an oil spill. If many of the same kinds of animals die, they won’t be around to eat other things or be eaten.

Why should people try to keep water clean? Page 83

People should try to keep the water clean so plants and animals can survive.

How did people help after an oil spill? Page 83

People worked together to wash the oil off the animals and clean the water.

Why do animals need shelter? Page 85

Animals need shelter to be safe from other animals.

How does the acacia plant help the ants? Page 84

The acacia plant gives ants shelter from other animals.

Why is the cardinal fish safe from predators? Page 85

The cardinal fish stay near the sea urchin. The spines of the sea urchin will hurt a predator, so a predator will not go near the cardinal fish.

From where do animals get the materials they need to build their nests? What materials do they use? Page 86

Animals get the materials from other plants and animals to build their nests. Things like dried grass, bark, feathers, twigs, leaves and wool are used in nests.

Who is getting helped when an egret sits on top of a rhino? Page 89

The egret is eating yummy flies.  The rhino isn’t getting bit by the flies.  So BOTH, the egret and rhino, are getting helped. 

What does yeast do in bread dough? Page 69

Yeast causes bread dough to rise.

activity on page 90-91, what were When you completed the activity on page 90-91, what were you modeling?

You modeled a FOOD WEB on page 90-91.

How long can a fox grow to be? Page 93

A fox can grow to be 80 cm.

Which animal grows to be the smallest on the chart on page 93?

The vole is only 20 cm and is the smallest.

How much longer is the fox than the vole? Page 93

The vole can grow to be 20 cm. The fox can grow to be 80 cm. The vole can grow to be 20 cm. 80cm-20cm=60 cm longer