Lesson 2: Food - Matter & Energy

Worms, pill bugs, bird, people ,oxygen ,water ,food/carbon, sleep, warmth/shelter,
trees, grass, flowers, bushes, carbon dioxide, water, sun light, nitrogen, foresees, carbon,

Plants get there water from the soil animals get there water from the lakes, ponds, rivers
carnivorous get there food from other animals
shelter plants don't need shelter animals make there shelter
we get our energy from vitamin d from food, sleep
we get more ins from calseam in food

On the human food label:

1. How do we find the energy (calories) per serving?
2. How do we find the matter (carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals)?
3. Where can we locate the list of ingredients?
   

1. You look at the top and find calories per serving.
2. You look in the middle section and look for all the minerals. The minerals are bold.
3. The list of ingredients are at the bottom of the label.

On the pet food label:

1. Where can we locate the list of ingredients?
2. How do we find the percentage of different types of matter in the food?
   

1. The list of ingredients are at the very top of the label.
2. You look at the guaranteed analysis and it will tell you.

Answer the following questions while analyzing the Nutrition Labels:

1. As a result of looking at food labels, what did you learn about food?
2. Look at the ingredients of one human food label. Write down the food name. What ingredients came from animals?
3. What ingredients in the above food label came from plants?
4. What similarities and differences did you notice between the human food and pet food labels you looked at?
5. Choose an animal/insect from the ecosystem walk. What do you think it eats? Explain what you think it gets from its food.
   

1. You know where to look for the labels and look at the %.
2. In the human food label tomato puree doesn't come from any animals.
3. Tomato,corn,soy beans and carrots are all in the label above.
4. The similarity is that they put the ingredients on the package.
5. I thought that the worms would eat dirt. The worm gets energy from the dirt.