SCIENCE ASSESSMENT EXAMPLE

Food Chain Assessment

Match the definition on the left with the correct terms on the right.

1. ___ The source of energy for plants to make food.

2. ___ Show how energy how energy flows through a. consumer

an ecosystem. b. scavenger

3. ___ Any living thing that can?t make its own food. c. the sun

4. ___ Animals that eat dead animals and plants. d. food chains

5. ___ Living things that break down other e. decomposer

organisms to get food.

Please put the following in order by filling in the blanks.

DECOMPOSER CONSUMER PRODUCER

SUN -> _______________ -> _______________ -> ____________

Please label "P" for producer, "C" for consumer, "D" for decomposer and "S" for scavenger.

1. ___ vultures

2. ___ worms

3. ___ cows

4. ___ flowers

5. ___ people

6. ___ dogs

7. ___ grass

Draw and label a food chain with 4 members. You need to have the sun, 1 producer and 2 consumers. Please do not use the following example (if you do, you will not receive any points. Example:

SUN -> GRASS -> COW -> PEOPLE

Yours:

SUN -> PRODUCER -> CONSUMER -> CONSUMER

What do you need in your body to get energy to work and play?

List 3 things all living things need:

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2.

3.

Fill in the blanks.

ECOSYSTEM ANIMALS ENERGY PREDATORS

1. All _______________ for living things starts with the sun.

2. All _______________ are consumers because they cannot make their own food.

3. Animals can be described as both ___________________ and prey.

4. Food chains show the flow of energy through an _______________.

What is something that humans can do that has a negative effect on the environment?

BONUS POINTS!

Please tell me anything else that you learned about food chains below. You can write and draw your ideas.

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