Energy Flow In Ecosystems Worksheet Set

Get kids THINKING! This energy flow in ecosystems worksheet set offers more than a typical vocabulary-based review!

Worksheets Included:

1. Diagram Analysis Worksheet: Students analyze diagrams of food chains and food webs to answer questions.
2. “Tangled Web” Worksheet: Students identify the energy role of several given organisms and then make a food web with them. It’s challenging! It also includes follow-up analysis questions.
3. Removing Organisms Worksheet: Students analyze the effect of removing an organism from a food chain on all the other species in the food chain.
4. Energy Pyramid Worksheet: Students practice analyzing energy pyramids and answer questions related to energy pyramids.
5. Energy Pyramid Foldable: Students use a provided template to create a simple 3D energy pyramid.

Topics Include:

• Energy roles (producer, consumer, etc.)
• Food chains and food webs
• Energy pyramids
• Analysis of food web diagrams
• Predictions of changes within a food chain

Teacher Notes:

• This energy flow in ecosystems worksheet set is PRINT ONLY.
• INCLUDES ANSWER KEYS.
• Please note: these worksheets are not editable.
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Related Standards:

• NGSS MS-LS2-1: Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
• NGSS MS-LS2-2: Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.
• NGSS MS-LS2-3:Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.