Create a Food Chain - · PDF fileNAME DATE Using information found in the book, ... grassland, polar ice, or tundra ... producer, primary consumer, and tertiary consumer
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Read through the list of carnivores below. Then, write the letter of each carnivore in the part of the map where the animal is found in nature. Finally, note in which habitat—aquatic, desert, forest, grassland, polar ice, or tundra —each carnivore lives.
Describing CarnivoresFollow the instructions to complete the activity.
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What physical characteristics make carnivores different from other types of animals? In what ways are they similar to other animals? Using what you have learned about carnivores, write a descriptive paragraph describing the characteristics that make carnivores unique.
A descriptive paragraph is a group of sentences that describes a noun. A noun is a person, a place, or a thing. To write a descriptive paragraph, you will need many describing words. Describing words are called adjectives.
A descriptive paragraph has three parts. The first part is the topic sentence. The topic sentence is usually the first sentence. It tells readers what the paragraph will be about and catches their attention. Supporting sentences generally follow the topic sentence. They provide details explaining or supporting the topic sentence. At the end of a descriptive paragraph, a sentence wraps up, or summarizes, the ideas expressed in the paragraph. This is called the concluding sentence. It is usually a strong statement.
Choose a carnivore from the book. Then, use the carnivore you selected as the tertiary consumer in an energy pyramid. Next, use online research and your local library to research plants and animals that might belong in the same energy pyramid as your chosen predator. Make sure your pyramid shows the flow of energy through a food chain. This includes the producer, primary consumer, and tertiary consumer.
Key Words Match-UpWrite the words from the list below in the box above the correct definition for each word. Check your answers on page 23 of the book.
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1. to take away the ability to move
2. pointed teeth located between the front and back teeth
3. living things, such as plants, that produce their own food
4. large teeth used for grinding food
5. changed over time to fit an environment
6. animals that are hunted by other animals for food
7. animals that have hair or fur and give birth to live young
8. animals that feed on plants or other animals
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a group of the same kind of living thing; members can breed together
10. animals that have a pair of big front teeth used for gnawing