Food Chains

Food Chains

There are three major roles in a food chain:

producer- produces its own food
consumer- consumer eats another organism
decomposer- causes organisms to decay


PLAY this food chain game

Activity:

In your journal record a food chain that happens in your back yard. (must include atleast three organisms)

Ecosystems

What is an ecosystem?

An ecosystem is a community of living organisms (plants, and animals)  with the nonliving components of their environment (things like air, water and mineral soil), interacting as a system.

Activity

Look at the map below and find where in America Virginia is.
Use the key below the map and find out what ecosystem we have in Virginia.