Task 3: Predators: Do We Really Need Them?
In Task 3 you will research what happens when a predator is removed from the food chain and learn what happens to the other animals in the food chain.
What happens when a predator in a food chain goes missing?
Go to the following website: EcoKids Chain Reaction and click on "Play the Game."
Read and click through and place the living things in the Northern Food Chain in the correct order. Click on the Forest Food Chain and place the living things in the correct order. Play close attention to what happens when one living thing from the food chain is removed. Focus on how the other living things are affected.
Read and click through and place the living things in the Northern Food Chain in the correct order. Click on the Forest Food Chain and place the living things in the correct order. Play close attention to what happens when one living thing from the food chain is removed. Focus on how the other living things are affected.
- Observe the Northern Food Chain above:
a. What would happen if the polar bears were extinct?
b. What would happen if all the shrimp were removed from the water? - Observe the Forest Food Chain above:
a. What would happen if the town near the forest decided to kill all of the snakes because they were going into people's backyards?
b. What would happen if all the owls were hunted? - If you take one living thing out of a food chain, how does this affect all other plants or animals in a food chain?
- Do you think top predators are dangerous animals that people should kill, or necessary for all other living things in its habitat? Explain.