The Food Chain and the Ladybug
Watch the YouTube video about the basic food chain. This will allow you to build a foundation for understanding how insects and animals need one another for survival. While watching the video, answer the questions on the provided handout (see below).
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Now that you have a basic understanding of the food chain, look at the diagram below. This is a food chain for a ladybug. On a separate piece of paper, answer the following questions that relate to this diagram:
1. Compare and contrast the ladybug's food chain to your own food chain. Are there more similarities or differences? Why?
2. Based on the diagram, write down a food chain including ALL the organisms represented.
3. Explain how ALL of the other organisms are affected immediately after the population of the ladybugs increases AND decreases.
2. Based on the diagram, write down a food chain including ALL the organisms represented.
3. Explain how ALL of the other organisms are affected immediately after the population of the ladybugs increases AND decreases.