Sharing the Planet

Teachers: Wafaa Fayad

Maysoon Salloum
Farah Nashebi

Grade: 3A/3B/3C
Ecosystems
If I were…
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If I were a killer whale

If I were grass

If I were a carnivore

If I were a primary consumer

 If I were…
a killer whale
Describe an example food chain, and the effects
of disease or population changes.
 I would hunt seals, I would be at the top
penguins and fish. of my food chain.

I would eat more seals if the I would hunt to gain

penguin population was reduced. energy from food.

I would be a
If I were… predator.

a killer I would be a
carnivore.

whale
If prey populations decreases I would begin to
die out (my population would decrease).

If the fish carried a poison it could

accumulate in my body and kill me.
 If I were…
grass
Describe an example food chain, and the effects
of disease or population changes.
 I would be at the bottom
of my food chain.

My population would increase if something happened

to kill of my consumers (disease or hunting).

I would be consumed by
If I were… herbivores and omnivores.

grass I would not

hunt.
I would be a
producer.

If the air become polluted I could

die out if no sunlight reaches me.

I would use sunlight to make

my own food for energy.
 If I were…
a carnivore
List examples, describe what it means.
 I might be hunted also by other
consumers in higher trophic levels.

I could be a secondary I could be a

or tertiary consumer. predator.

I would have to hunt for

If I were… other animals to eat.

a I could be a seal, whale,

or fox for example.

carnivore
I would eat other animals I could be an apex predator
(meat) to gain energy. (top of my food chain).

I would be a
consumer.
 If I were…
a primary consumer
List examples, describe what it means.
 I could be a rabbit, snail,
or plankton for example.

I would be the first animal I would not have

in the food chain. to hunt for food.

I could be
If I were… a prey.

a primary I would be a
herbivore.

consumer
I would probably have to eat a lot of
my food to gain the energy I needed.

I would eat plants

(producers) to gain energy.