Name:______Date: ______
Period: 1 2 3 4 5 6
Lion King-Biodiversity Connections
Scene 1: Introducing Baby Simba
Identify 3 living (biotic) factors from the movie:
1.
2.
3.
Identify 3 non-living factors from the movie:
4.
5.
6.
Scene 2: Meeting with Scar
In the beginning of the movie, Scar is about to eat a mouse. Identify the…
7. Predator ______
8. Prey ______
Scene 3: Introduction of the Kingdom
9. When explaining the “Circle of Life,” Mufasa says to Simba, “When we die our bodies become the grass.” Name the process that Mufasa is referring to.
Scene 4: Dance Number
10. What type of animals (herbivores or carnivores) are the most numerous in this scene?
Scene 5: Elephant Graveyard
11. List 2 non-living (abiotic) factors that seem to be lacking in the habitat of the hyenas that would explain the lack of producers in this area?
12. Name the animal that says “No wonder we’re dangling at the bottom of the food chain?”
13. Why is this incorrect?
Scene 8: Simba Meets Timone and Puumba
14. Puumba asks Simba “What’s eating you?” Timone jokes “Nothing, he’s at the top of the food chain! What does Timone mean?
Scene 9: Problems at Pride Rock/Scene 10: Back in the Jungle with Nala
Food Chain: Tree leaves à Beetle à Wart Hog à Lion
15. Name the producer(s).______
17. Name all the consumers.______
16. Which organism is the primary consumer? ______
17. Which organism is the secondary consumer?______
18. Which organism is the tertiary consumer? ______
Scene 13: Scar is Outed
19. Why is there no food? What has been destroyed in Pride Rock? Once these have been destroyed, what happens to the animals that eat them?
20. What happens to Pride Rock after the fire and the rain storm?
21. What is the response of the animals?