HARAREHI

GHSCHOOL

COMBI
NEDSCI
ENCECALA#2

TOPI
C:ECOSYSYTEMS

FOODWEBPROJECT

BACKGROUNDFORCALA#2

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hestudyoftheinteracti
onofl i
vingthingswitht
heirenvi
ronment.Theenvironment
ofanyliv
ingorgani
sm i
ncludest hecommuni tyofplant
sarounditaswellasthephysical
featur
esoftheenvi
ronment.Ther earemanyt ypesofecosyst
emsi nZimbabwe, somear e
freshwat
erecosyst
emsort errestr
ialecosystems, andsomear enat
uralorart
if
ici
alecosystems.

LEARNERSGUI
DECALA#2

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m 4combi nedsciencel
ear
ner,y
ouarerequi
redtoresear
chtheor
gani
smst
hatmakeup
anar
ti
fi
cialf
reshwaterecosyst
em andanat
uralter
rest
ri
alecosyst
em.

Expect
edpr
oduct
s

1.Createapost eri
l
lustr
ati
nganddescri
bingtwoseparatefoodwebsthatrepr
esentan
ar
tifi
cialf
reshwaterecosyst
em andanatur
alt
err
estri
alecosyst
em.Thefoodwebmustbe
i
ll
ustratedbyhand.y oumaydrawpictur
esorusepicturesfr
om thei
nter
net.

Cr
eat
eaf
oodwebf
oreachecosy
stem andusewr
it
tendescr
ipt
ionsf
oreachf
oodweb.

Fol
l
owt
her
equi
rement
sbel
ow

Foodwebr
equi
rement
s:Eachf
oodwebmustcont
aint
hef
oll
owi
ng

1.Atl
east2pr
oducer
s,6consumer
sand1decomposer

2.Label
thenameofeachor
gani
sm

3.Usear
rowst
oshowt
hef
lowofener
gybet
weenal
lor
gani
sms

4.I
dent
if
yandl
abel
thepr
imar
yener
gysour
ce

5.I
ncl
udeatl
eastonepar
asi
te/
hostr
elat
ionshi
pinatl
eastoneoft
hef
oodwebs

Wri
ttenr
equi
rement
s:f
oodwebsmustbesuppor
tedwi
thawr
it
tendocumentexpl
aini
ngt
he
f
oll
owing

1.Defi
nit
ionsofthef
oll
owingter
msEcosy st
em,Natur
alecosy
stem,
Art
if
ici
alecosy
stem,
Producer,
Consumer,Decomposer
,Bi
o-div
ersi
ty

2.I
dent
if
ywhichor
gani
smsareproducersandconsumer
s.Speci
fyeacht
ypeofconsumer
aspr
imar
ysecondar
yandt
ert
iaryforeachfoodweb

3.I
dent
if
yal
lpai
rsofor
gani
smst
hatar
epar
tofapr
edi
tor/
prayr
elat
ionshi
pforeachf
ood
web
 4.**foratl
eastoneofthefoodwebs,
ident
if
yatl
eastonepai
rofor
gani
smst
hatar
epar
t
ofparasi
te/
hostr
elat
ionshi
p

5.Di
ff
erent
iat
ebet
weenaf
oodchai
nandaf
oodweb

Expl
aint
hepat
hwayofener
gyi
nanecosy
stem`

6.Anal
yzet
her
educt
ionofener
gyav
ail
abl
eatsuccessi
vet
rophi
clev
els1

7.St
ateoneadv
ant
ageofbi
odi
ver
sit
y

MARKI
NGGUI
DEFORTHETEACHER

Foodwebexpect
ati
ons

6.Atl
east2pr
oducer
s,6consumer
sand1decomposer [
4foreachweb[
8

7.Label
thenameofeachor
gani
sm [
2

8.Usear
rowst
oshowt
hef
lowofener
gybet
weenal
lor
gani
sms [
1

9.I
dent
if
yandl
abel
thepr
imar
yener
gysour
ce [
1

10.I
ncl
udeatl
eastonepar
asi
te/
hostr
elat
ionshi
pinatl
eastoneoft
hef
oodwebs [
1

Wr
it
tendocumentexpect
ati
ons

1.Defi
nit
ionsofthef
oll
owingter
msEcosy st
em,Natur
alecosy
stem,
Art
if
ici
alecosyst
em,
Producer,
Consumer,Decomposer
,Bi
o-div
ersi
ty [
4

2.I
dent
if
ywhichor
gani
smsareproducersandconsumer
s.Speci
fyeacht
ypeofconsumer
aspr
imar
ysecondar
yandt
ert
iaryforeachfoodweb [
4

8.I
dent
if
yal
lpai
rsofor
gani
smst
hatar
epar
tofapr
edi
tor/
prayr
elat
ionshi
pforeachf
ood
web[
3

9.**foratl
eastoneofthefoodwebs,
ident
if
yatl
eastonepai
rofor
gani
smst
hatar
epar
t
ofparasi
te/
hostr
elat
ionshi
p [
1

10.Di
ff
erent
iat
ebet
weenaf
oodchai
nandaf
oodweb [
2

11.Expl
aint
hepat
hwayofener
gyi
nanecosy
stem` [
1

12.Anal
yzet
her
educt
ionofener
gyav
ail
abl
eatsuccessi
vet
rophi
clev
els [
1

13.St
ateoneadv
ant
ageofbi
odi
ver
sit
y [
1