Building Ecosystem Models

Grade 5β€’45 minutes

Learning Objective

I can build a model of an ecosystem using organisms and populations.

Practice Questions

This lesson includes 7 practice questions to reinforce learning.

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1. Identify three different populations of organisms that lived in the tank ecosystem shown in the video.

2. Describe the role of detritivores in the tank ecosystem. What did they eat, and why was their role important?

3. Explain how the scorpion acted as a predator in the tank ecosystem. What did it eat, and how did its presence affect the other populations?

...and 4 more questions

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