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Welcome to Our Ecology Wiki! You are going to be exploring food chains today. Your first task is to watch the following video about food chains.

Food Chains Video

After you watch the video, please
 * Use this site to answer the following questions:**
 * 1) Where does all our energy come from? ﻿It comes from the food we eat.
 * 2) How is a secondary consumer different from a primary consumer? ﻿IT only eats plants.
 * 3) Is a grasshopper a producer or a consumer?
 * 4) When is a food chain short?
 * 5) Name three scavengers.
 * 6) Name three decomposers.
 * 7) Where do you fit into the food chain?

Required Information: 1. Biome’s place on earth a. Where is it? b. What are its abiotic factors? c. What are the native plants and their adaptations to live there? d. What are the native animals and their adaptations to live there? e. Give examples of cooperation and competition between and among species in your biome. 2. Weather Report a. What is the average precipitation? b. What is the average temperature? c. What is the temperature range in your biome? d. What type of clothing and shelter would be required to survive in your biome? 3. Warnings a. What are some threats in this biome? b. Are there any endangered species? c. Is there a fear of climate change for this biome? d. What can we do to correct the threats to this biome? 4. Analysis/Evaluation a. Why is this biome globally important? b. What type of natural resources need to be monitored in this biome to preserve them?