Do NowSit in your assigned seat

Get Your notebook and a pencil or pen outWait for your new blue cards to be given out

Warm UpWhen a consumer eats another organism, how much energy do you think is passed along in %?

Hint…it’s between 0% - 100%

Reading… 5 minutesYou will read the following article

“Food Energy Pyramid”You are reading to find out:1) How much is passed when an

organism eats another organism2) Why do we use a pyramid to show

this?3) Why are producers at the bottom of

the pyramid and carnivores are at the top?

You will write these answers in your notebook!

Answers…Did you find out:1) How much is passed when an

organism eats another organism -10%2) Why do we use a pyramid to show

this? There are < herbivores than producers, < carnivores than herbivores, < carnivores that only eat other carnivores

3) Why producers at the bottom and carnivores at the top? > producers than tertiary consumers

Back to our warm upCan you believe only 10% is passed along at each level!

Write in notebook….The Ten Percent Rule (10%)Scientists say that about 90% of the available energy is used for life processes like respiration, photosynthesis, and reproduction

Write in notebook….Scientists use a Pyramid of Energy to

explain this

Video on Energy Pyramidhttps://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWvtRf4TAO4

Write in notebookThe Pyramid of Energy : shows how energy available for consumers decreases as you travels up

We are now going to fill in a Pyramid of Energy

Pyramid of Energy..

Label your pyramid at each level and

draw 3 examples for each level

How else can we label our pyramid?

Answer in notebook. (complete sentences) Do animals need the sun to survive?

Why or why not.

Explain!

Volunteers….. Do animals need the sun to survive?

Lets Review! All things get energy from food. Green plants use energy from the sun to

make their own food. Plants use the food they make for energy to

grow. Animals get energy by eating plants and

other animals. The energy in living things originates from

the sun.

Lets ReviewWhen animals eat green plants and other

animals eat those animals, the energy moves from one living thing to another.

Ultimately all the members of a food chain depend on the energy from the sun.

Test Results and TrackingYou will receive your Quarter 3 test back

along with your tracking sheetObjective: Quarter 3 Test

Write in your score and color in the appropriate number of boxes

Review Q3 test…Follow along as we review the test together…

Worksheets….You will now use the remainder of class to

read these articles and answer the questions….

The Food Chain LoopParts of a Food Chain: ProducersPart of a Food Chain: Scavengers and

Decomposers

Any questions…………