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Raco the Raccoon and Food Webs

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COMBINED RATING

3.7 Stars

TEACHERS (8)

3.9

STUDENTS (1976)

3.5

LENGTH

15 Minutes

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Spanish Language Support

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Description

Join Raco in discovering the different food ecosystem chains and web.

Vocabulary Words

food webs

matter

energy

producers

consumers

ecosystem

decomposers

photosynthesis

autotroph

food chain

primary consumers

herbivores

secondary consumers

tertiary consumers

quaternary consumers

aquatic ecosystem

prey

predator

marine ecosystem

heterotrophs

biomass

compost

organic matter

Instructions

Play through this interactive game to learn about Food Webs in an Ecosystem. Suitable for Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8.

Main Concepts

The cycling of matter can be modeled in the decomposition of biomass in a compost bin.

Tertiary consumers are usually at the top of the food chain and consume secondary and primary consumers.

Primary consumers eat plants and are known are herbivores.

Photosynthesizing organisms are the foundation of virtually all food webs.

Food webs can show the flow of energy through a terrestrial ecosystem.

Food webs can show the flow of energy through a marine ecosystem.

Food webs can show the flow of energy through a freshwater ecosystem.

Decomposers break down dead or decaying organisms and return nutrients to soil.

Autotrophs, also known as producers, are organisms that can produce their own energy from the Sun through photosynthesis.

Biomass is organic material from plants or animals.

A food chain is a diagram showing a single path along which energy can flow through an ecosystem.

A food web is a diagram that shows the different paths along which energy can flow through through an ecosystem.

The primary source of energy on Earth's surface is sunlight.

Carbon cycles through living systems through the processes of photosynthesis, cellular respiration, and decomposition.

Secondary consumers are usually smaller carnivores and omnivores that eat primary consumers.

Heterotrophs, also known as consumers, must consume other organisms in order to obtain energy.

Discussion Questions

Before the Game

What is a food chain? What is a food web? What is the source of energy for all living things on Earth?

After the Game

What type of living things are at the start of every food web? What are the levels of organisms in a food chain? What is the relationship between predators and prey? How are autotrophs different from heterotrophs? How can we describe how energy flows through an ecosystem?What is the role of decomposers in an ecosystem?