Grade 3-6 Food Chain Ecology Game

The World The Organization The Living Things Final Jeopardy 10 10 10 20 20 20 30 30 30 40 40 40 50 50 50

Which item would be considered non-living; it doesn’t need to eat or breathe? Answer 1 10 A B

B. The rocks would be considered non-living; they don’t need to eat or breathe. Back 1 10 B

Which item would be considered living; it needs to eat and breathe? Answer 1 20 A B

A. The tree would be considered living; it needs to eat and breathe. Back 1 20 A

Which item would be an example of a microorganism; it is so small a microscope is needed to see it? Humming bird Algae Spores B Answer A 1 30

A. The algae spores would be an example of a microorganism; they are so small a microscope is needed to see them. Back A 1 30 Algae Spores

Which living thing would be considered a consumer; a living thing that eats other living things? Deer Wolf Answer A B 1 40

Both the wolf and the deer would be considered consumers; living things that eat other living things. Back Deer Wolf 1 40 A B

What word means the physical changes in a living thing designed to increase survival? Answer Types of Bird Feet 1 50

Adaptations are the physical changes in a living thing designed to increase survival. Back 1 50 Types of Animal Teeth

What word means any group of living and non-living things interacting with each other? Answer 2 10

An ecosystem is any group of living and non-living things interacting with each other. Back 2 10

What word means a particular place that supplies the needs of a plant or animal: food, water, temperature, oxygen and minerals? Answer 2 20

A habitat is a particular place that supplies the needs of a plant or animal: food, water, temperature, oxygen and minerals. Back 2 20

What word means the natural world of land, sea, air, plants and animals? Answer 2 30

The environment is the natural world of land, sea, air, plants and animals. Back Klick on the picture to explore the Environmental Kids Club 2 30

What word means a list showing how living things get food? Answer 2 40

A food chain is a list showing how living things get food. Back 2 40

What word means interconnected food chains? Answer 2 50

A food web is made of interconnected food chains. Back To create your own food web click on this picture. When the site opens scroll down and click on Create A Food Web 2 50

What word means the plants that use sunlight and chlorophyll to change carbon dioxide and water into sugar? Answer 310

Producers are the plants that use sunlight and chlorophyll to change carbon dioxide and water into sugar. Back 310

What word means the consumers that eat only producers-plants? Answer 320

Herbivores are the consumers that eat only producers-plants. Back 320

What word means the consumers that eat only other consumers? Answer 330

Carnivores are the consumers that eat only other consumers. Back 330

What word means the consumers that eat both the other consumers and the producers-plants and meat? Answer 340

Omnivores are the consumers that eat both the other consumers and the producers-plants and meat. Back 340

What word means the organisms that break down waste and dead plants and animals? Answer 350

Decomposers are the organisms that break down waste and dead plants and animals. Back 350

Daily Double

Final Jeopardy

Directions for Final Jeopardy: Decide how much you will wager. It can be from 0 to your total amount of points. Write that amount in the bottom center of the white board. Remember to write your response in the style that the teacher requires. Turn the white board face down on the desk and prepare to display your work on the teacher’s signal. Good Luck

All living and non-living things are dependent on each other. Draw a food chain or food web to demonstrate this interdependence. Click the speaker to start timer Answer

All living and non-living things are dependent on each other. Draw a food chain or food web to demonstrate this interdependence.

Kim Richter This PowerPoint was made by Coach Ceres Unified School District Please feel free to modify for your class.

The World

The Organization

The Living Things

Print pages 43-47 to use as a word bank when playing this game. Food Chain Word Bank

habitat ecosystem living

non-living herbivore omnivore

carnivore decomposer food chain

interdependence producer consumer

microorganism environment adaptation