All about Ecosystems
What do we call a place where animals and plants live together?
An ecosystem
What is a food chain
Food chains are a representation based on how organisms get energy from food.
It represents the energy flow.
What is a life cycle?
Life cycles show how a living thing develops and grows.
What is a fossil?
The remains or trace of a plant or animal from long ago
What subject does Ms. Garcia teach?
Science
Name one way that weather can change an ecosystem.
A drought, flood, fires (natural hazards)
A food chain starts with the sun. True or False
True
What are the four stages of a butterfly's life cycle
egg, caterpillar (larva), chrysalis (pupa), butterfly (adult)
What is one type of fossil we learned about?
Trace or Body fossil
What was your favorite thing you learned this year
Free points, just explain what you liked the most
When people cut down trees in a forest, what happens to the animals that lived there?
Their homes/ habitats are destroyed (they will have to leave and find new homes)
Describe the difference between a producer and a consumer.
A producer produces their own food.
A consumer consumes (eats) a producer to get their food.
What is metamorphisis?
Metamorphosis is when a young organism changes to a very different adult form.
Which fossil tells us more about how an animal moved—a skeleton or a footprint?
A footprint
Name two teachers at Japhet who teach Math
Mrs. Pena (2nd grade)
Mrs. Calderon (2nd grade)
Mrs. Wente (3rd grade)
Ms. Gonzalez (3rd grade)
Mrs. Haas (4th grade)
Ms. Gaucin (5th grade)
Mrs. Yebra (5th grade)
If all the bees disappeared from an ecosystem, what would change?
1. plants would not get pollinated and make fruit
2. the predators of the bees would have to find new food
Put these in a food chain order from producer to predator: Hawk, Mouse, Grass
Grass → Mouse → Hawk
Name three animals that go through metamorphisis.
Frog, ladybug, butterfly (beetles, bees, moths, grasshoppers, crickets)
Name one thing scientists can learn by studying fossils
What animals lived long ago, what they looked like, how they lived, etc
At what time is lunch?
11:35 AM
What is the difference between a habitat and an ecosystem
A habitat is where one animal lives, and an ecosystem includes all plants and animals living together
What would happen if all the insects disappeared from a forest food chain
Birds and other animals that eat insects would starve
A chicken's life cycle includes these stages: egg, chick, and adult chicken. Does it go through metamorphosis?
No
Dinosaurs went extinct millions of years ago. How do we know they existed?
We found their fossils
How many third grade students are there?
69