Science

Vocabula
ry

1. Food Chain
2. Consumer
3. Producer
4. Photosynthesis
5. Chlorophyll
6. Nitrates
7. Biotic
8. Deforestation
9. Algae
10.Fungi

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What do animals in the pond eat?

Group Activities
Group 1
What to do:

Look at the illustration and answer the

questions that follow.

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Questions:
Which organisms make food?
Which organism feeds directly on
plant?
Which organism feeds on the organism
that feeds on plant?
What relationship is shown in the
diagram?

Group 2
Using the following
organisms;
grasshopper,
frog,
grass,
snake,
and
man. Identify which
organisms are eaten
and serve as food. Use
an arrow to show the
feeding relationship.

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REPORTI
NG

 Which is the producer in

the illustration?
Which is the primary
consumer?
Secondary
consumer?
What is transferred from
the
plants
to
consumers?

What is a
food chain?

Science Concept:
A food chain is the transfer of energy
found in food from producer to
consumers and from one consumer to
another through the eating process.
The feeding links between producers,
first-order consumers and second-order
consumers make up the food chain.

F. Application:
Fill in the missing organism to
complete the food chain

1.algae -- ___________ ---- duck

2.corn--- mouse------- _________
3._______---- caterpillar--- chicken
4.mango----- housefly--- ________
5.________---- bird ----- man

Will this food chain

help
in
the
conservation of our
ecosystem? How?

1. Which is the primary

consumer in the feeding
relationship,
pechay-- worm- chick?
A. Pechay
B. Chick
C. Worm
D. Both B and C

2. Which of the following is the

second order consumer in this
food chain?
Rice bran--- chicken--- snake--eagle

A. Eagle
B. Snake
C. Chicken
D. All of these

3. Why are plants called

producers?
A. They can be eaten.
B. They produce the food for
the
consumers.
C. They give us wood.
D. They are living things.

4. Using the illustration

palay---- bird--man, what might
happen if the producer is not present
in the food chain?
A. Consumers will become healthy.
B. Consumers
will
decrease
in
number.
C. Consumers
will
increase
in
number.
D. Consumers will continue to grow.

5. The food chain of a denguebearing mosquito includes man.

How may the population of the
mosquito be controlled best?
A. Break the food chain of the
mosquito
B. Break the life cycle of the
mosquito
C. Drive the mosquito away
D. Hide under mosquito net all day

Key:

1.C
2.B
3.B
4.B
5.B

V. Assignment:

Construct a
food chain in
a
forest
ecosystem