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CER & Review
Claim ~ Evidence ~ Reasoning
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| CER | Claim Evidence Reasoning |
| Claim | Your answer |
| Evidence | Proving your answer with observations; such as data from a food web |
| Reasoning | Explain the why using science vocabulary |
| Food Web | System of interlocking and interdependent food chains |
| Producer | Plants or autotrophs; make their own food |
| Primary Consumer | Eat the producer |
| Secondary Consumer | Eat the primary consumer |
| Tertiary Consumer | Eat the secondary consumer |
| Energy Pyramid | A model to show the flow of energy in an ecosystem |
| Triangle | Shape of energy pyramid |
| Biomass | Renewable energy from plant material or animal waste |
| Trophic Level | The levels in an ecosystem |
| Sunlight | Energy needed for survival and enters through our producers |
| Change in Biomass | The largest biomass is available in the producers. As you move up an energy pyramid, energy is used and lost because organisms need it to survive. |
| Facts | These come from the evidence |
| Blank | The claim is usually fill in the ___. |
| Paragraph | The reasoning is a... |
| Opinion | The reasoning paragraph should end with your... |
| Abiotic | Nonliving natural factors |
| Biotic | Living factors |
| Ecosystem | This is made of biotic and abiotic factors |
| Population | All the organisms that are the same type in a certain area |
| Organism | A single living thing |
| Nonliving | Rock, soil, air, and water are abiotic so they are... |
| Living | Trees, spiders, snakes, and flowers are biotic so they are... |