Chapter 1, Living Things Study Guide

  • Practice your vocabulary. Words are used throughout the test. Your flash cards will help.
  • Photosynthesis (28-29)
  • What is used
  • From where do all the “ingredients” come?
  • What is made and why is it important.
  • Food Chains and Food Webs
  • Parts of the food chain (producer, consumer, decomposer) & where each gets food or energy (38-39)
  • Differences between herbivores, carnivores, & omnivores ) (40-43)
  • What each eats
  • If they are consumers or producers
  • Where they are found on food chain & energy pyramid
  • Examples of chains & webs (pond, mountain, desert, kelp, meadow)
  • How food chains & web are connected and how each part of both are important to other parts.
  • What might happen to chains and webs when organisms are removed or added. (54-56)
  • Energy Pyramid (58)
  • FYI – Test does refer to a food pyramid. As far as 4th grade is concerned, they mean energy pyramid. They are the same concept.
  • Microorganisms
  • How they help or harm people (65)
  • Types of protists (algae, amoeba, euglena) & what they eat, how they get food or energy, & where they live. (67)
  • What decomposers do (68-69 & 44-45)
  • Difference between decomposers (fungus, mold, bacteria)
  • Study sources include: textbook, interactive text, science notebook, online review, BrainPops, NeoK12, outlines, cloze tests, responsible adults.

Would you like an extra credit point on your test? Copy the following sentence in your science notebook, towards the end of the chapter 1 work (either last page or close to it, so I see the sentence). Then you and your parent sign below the sentence. This sentence must be in your science notebook, not in your planner, printed out, or included in a letter from your parents. And it must be handwritten. Don’t just print out this guide and stick it in you science notebook.

Here is the sentence:

“I have studied for my chapter 1 test. I used the study guide, and a parent (or responsible adult) has helped me study. I feel I am ready for the test. “Omni” means ______.”

  • Be sure to know all 19 vocabulary words and definitions. There is a fill-in-the-blank section on vocabulary, plus the words are used throughout the test.
  • Photosynthesis (pgs 28-29)
  • What is used in photosynthesis
  • From where do all the “ingredients” come?
  • What is made and why it is important
  • Food Chains and Food Webs
  • Know the parts of the food chain (producer, consumer, decomposer) and where each gets food or energy (pgs 38-39)
  • Know the difference between herbivores, carnivores, & omnivores (pgs 40-43)
  • What each eats
  • If they are consumers or producers
  • Where they are found on the food chain and energy pyramid
  • Study the examples of chains and webs (pond – 46, mountain – 38-39, desert – 46, kelp – 54, meadow – 52-53)
  • Understand how chains and webs are connected and how each part of both is important to other parts
  • Understand what might happen to chains and webs when organisms are removed or gained. (pgs 54-56)
  • Energy Pyramid (pg 58)
  • FYI – Test does refer to a food pyramid. As far as 4th grade is concerned, they mean energy pyramid; they are the same concept.
  • Microorganisms
  • Know how they help or harm people (pg 65)
  • Study the types of protists (algae, amoeba, euglena) and know what they eat, how they get food or energy, and where they live (pg 67)
  • Know what decomposers do (pgs 68-69 & 44-45)
  • There are different decomposers (fungus, mold, bacteria). Know the difference.
  • Study sources include: textbook, interactive text, science notebook, online review, outline and cloze worksheets, PARENTS!!

Would you like an extra credit point on your test? Copy the following sentence in your science notebook, towards the end of the chapter 1 work (either last page or close to it, so I see the sentence). Then have your parent sign below the sentence and you sign below the sentence. This sentence MUST be in your science notebook, not in your agenda book, printed out, or included in a letter from parents! And it must be handwritten. Don’t just print out this guide and stick it in your science notebook.

Here is the sentence:

“I have studied for my chapter 1 test. I used the study guide, and a parent (or guardian) has helped me study. I feel I am ready for the test. “Omni” means ______.

______

Parent SignatureStudent Signature