Description
Students will learn about:
- Different types of predators and prey
- How predators and prey play an important role in the food chain
- How predators and prey have adapted and evolved over time
- Food chains and food webs
- The impact of endangerment and extinction
- How plants can be both plants and predators
- How some relationships can be mutually beneficial and others are competitive
Information covered in the informational slides:
- What is a predator and prey?
- Predator-prey scenarios
- Predator-prey adaptations and evolution
- Food chains
- Food webs
- What happens when species in a food chain goes extinct?
- The grey wolf- disrupted and damaged food chains
- How predator-prey relationships affect population
- Plants as prey and predators
- The Venus fly trap – plants as predators
- Mutually beneficial relationships
- Competitive relationships
- Vocabulary definitions at the end of the slides
This resource includes 4 worksheets that improve knowledge about the life cycles of animals and plants.
An answer key is included for easy marking!
Worksheet 1: Predators and Prey Close Passage
Worksheet 2: Food Chains Cut and Paste Activity
Worksheet 3: Predator-Prey Multiple Choice and Short Answer Questions
Worksheet 4: Mutually Beneficial Relationships and Competitive Relationships Draw and Caption Task
