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Create a Food ChainFollow the instructions below to complete the activity.

Nature’s Food ChainsCarnivoresReference: Pages 4–5

Use the items pictured below to complete the food chain diagram. Write each picture’s corresponding letter in the correct box.

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A B C D E F G

FOOD CHAIN

Sun Decomposer Omnivore Herbivore Parasite Carnivore Producer


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Fill in the BlanksFollow the instructions to complete the activity.

Nature’s Food ChainsCarnivoresReference: All Pages

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Using information found in the book, fill in the missing information below.

1. can feed from living things found at all levels of a food chain.

2. A food chain is made up of and .

3. The is the largest land carnivore.

4. A is a scientist who studies animals.

5. Carnivore teeth are designed for eating .

6. Carnivores often become due to habitat loss.

7 Food provides the that plants and animals need to grow and thrive.


BIOMES TO USEAQUATIC, DESERTS, FORESTS, GRASSLANDS, POLAR ICE, TUNDRA

A R C T I CO C E A N

I N D I A N O C E A N

P A C I F I CO C E A N

P A C I F I CO C E A N

A T L A N T I CO C E A N

N O R T H A M E R I C A

S O U T H A M E R I C A

G R E E N L A N D

E U R O P E

A F R I C A

A S I A

A U S T R A L I A

A N T A R C T I C A

S O U T H E R NO C E A N

Parallel scale at 0 north 0 east

Churchill

Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary

Ngorongoro Conservation Area

Kangra Valley

Coulman Island

Gulf of Farallones

NORTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

GREENLAND

EUROPE

AFRICA

ASIA

AUSTRALIA

ANTARCTICA

1000 KM

1000 Miles

0

LionJaguarPolar Bear Great White Shark Golden Eagle

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W E

A B C D E

BIOME BIOME BIOME BIOME BIOME BIOME

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Mapping Carnivores Follow the instructions to complete the activity.


Read through the list of carnivores below. Then, write the letter of each carnivore in the part of the map where the animal is found in nature. Finally, note in which habitat—aquatic, desert, forest, grassland, polar ice, or tundra —each carnivore lives.

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Emperor Penguin

F


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Describing CarnivoresFollow the instructions to complete the activity.


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What physical characteristics make carnivores different from other types of animals? In what ways are they similar to other animals? Using what you have learned about carnivores, write a descriptive paragraph describing the characteristics that make carnivores unique.

A descriptive paragraph is a group of sentences that describes a noun. A noun is a person, a place, or a thing. To write a descriptive paragraph, you will need many describing words. Describing words are called adjectives.

A descriptive paragraph has three parts. The first part is the topic sentence. The topic sentence is usually the first sentence. It tells readers what the paragraph will be about and catches their attention. Supporting sentences generally follow the topic sentence. They provide details explaining or supporting the topic sentence. At the end of a descriptive paragraph, a sentence wraps up, or summarizes, the ideas expressed in the paragraph. This is called the concluding sentence. It is usually a strong statement.

Topic Sentence

Supporting Sentence

Concluding Sentence


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Describing CarnivoresFollow the instructions to complete the activity.


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Carnivore Energy PyramidFollow the instructions to complete the activity.


Choose a carnivore from the book. Then, use the carnivore you selected as the tertiary consumer in an energy pyramid. Next, use online research and your local library to research plants and animals that might belong in the same energy pyramid as your chosen predator. Make sure your pyramid shows the flow of energy through a food chain. This includes the producer, primary consumer, and tertiary consumer.

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Energy Pyramid

Sun

Plant/Animal

Plant/Animal

Plant/Animal

Category

Category

Category


1 What does the word carnivore mean?

2 What is the largest carnivore on Earth?

3 How many full meals does a crocodile eat in a year?

4 What is the smallest carnivorous mammal?

5 How many species of carnivorous spiders are there?

6 How do tarantulas eat their food?

7 What is the name of the only cetacean living in the Yangtze River?

8 What do the lights in a viperfish’s mouth do?

9 Where is the largest emperor penguin colony?

10 What do sea otters eat?

QuizTest your knowledge of carnivores by answering these quiz questions. Check your answers in the activity pack.

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Key Words Match-UpWrite the words from the list below in the box above the correct definition for each word. Check your answers on page 23 of the book.

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adaptedcaninesconsumersmammals

molarsparalyzepreyproducers

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1. to take away the ability to move

2. pointed teeth located between the front and back teeth

3. living things, such as plants, that produce their own food

4. large teeth used for grinding food

5. changed over time to fit an environment

6. animals that are hunted by other animals for food

7. animals that have hair or fur and give birth to live young

8. animals that feed on plants or other animals

9.

a group of the same kind of living thing; members can breed together

10. animals that have a pair of big front teeth used for gnawing


1. Meat-eater

2. The blue whale

3. About 50

4. The least weasel

5. 40,000

6. They turn their prey into liquid and suck the liquid through their mouth

7. Yangtze finless porpoise

8. Act as bait

9. Coulman Island, Antarctica

10. Sea urchins

Quiz Answer KeyCompare your quiz answers with the answer key below.

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