Animal Relationships: Predator and Prey
Discussion Questions:
- What is a predator?
- What is a prey?
- Are predators bad? Why or why not?
- What happens to an ecosystem if we take away predators or preys?
Watch The Video Below
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Check out the September 2008 issue of Keep Texas Wild below and answer the following questions in your science notebook.
1. Look at the picture of the owl. What physical features help an owl hunt?
2. Look at the other predators in the magazine. What physical features do these predators have to help them catch their prey?
3. What behaviors do these predators use to capture their prey?
4. Learn about one of the predators in this month's magazine. Where does it live? What does it eat? Make a list of inherited and learned traits that help it as a predator.
2. Look at the other predators in the magazine. What physical features do these predators have to help them catch their prey?
3. What behaviors do these predators use to capture their prey?
4. Learn about one of the predators in this month's magazine. Where does it live? What does it eat? Make a list of inherited and learned traits that help it as a predator.
Keep Texas Wild September 2008 | |
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Predator and Prey Worksheet
Complete the worksheet below. Please note that this worksheet is from www.superteacherworksheets.com
Group Poster Project
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You will be placed in a group with three other students. In your group, create and illustrate 2 predator/prey scenarios and include a written description of each animal and the relationship of the two animals. Please note that you will be graded on this project based on the rubric below.
Predator and Prey Rubric | |
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Animal Relationships: Host and Parasite
Discussion Questions:
Watch the Brainpop Jr. Video below. Afterwards, complete the host and parasite activity.
http://www.brainpopjr.com/health/bewell/lice/preview.weml
- What is a parasite?
- What is a host?
- Why does the parasite need the host?
- Discuss examples of living things that exhibit a host/parasite relationship
Watch the Brainpop Jr. Video below. Afterwards, complete the host and parasite activity.
http://www.brainpopjr.com/health/bewell/lice/preview.weml
Host and Parasite Activity:
1. Cut out the fleas and paste them on the dog
2. Label which living thing is the host and which is the parasite
3. Define the following terms on the worksheet: host, parasite
Host and Parasite Activity Worksheet | |
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Predator and Prey Quiz
Upon completing this module, take the quiz below independently
Predator and Prey Quiz | |
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