Gizmo Food Chain | Student Exploration: Food Chain 2021 | Graded A+

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Student Exploration: Food Chain Vocabulary: consumer, ecosystem, energy pyramid, equilibrium, food chain, population, predator, prey, producer Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE usin... g the Gizmo.) The Food Chain Gizmo™ shows a food chain with hawks, snakes, rabbits, and grass. In this simulation, the hawks eat snakes, the snakes eat rabbits, and the rabbits eat grass. 1. Producers are organisms that do not need to eat other organisms to obtain energy. A. Which organism is a producer in this food chain? The grass is a producer in this food chain. B. Where does the producer get its energy? The producer gets its energy from the sun. 2. Consumers must eat other organisms for energy. Which organisms are consumers in this food chain? The hawks, snakes, and rabbits are the consumers in this food chain. Gizmo Warm-up The SIMULATION pane of the Gizmo shows the current population, or number, of each organism in the food chain. 1. What are the current populations of each organism? Hawks: 42 Snakes: 278 Rabbits: 2,566 Grass: 27,300 [Show More]

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