Grade 7 · Science · Unit 4 of 11
Netukulimk & Interconnected Life
How living things depend on each other, and how we can care for them.
What your child practises
Practises how living things and their environment are connected: food webs, energy flow, populations, relationships and human impact. It includes Netukulimk, the Mi’kmaw approach of taking what is needed from the land and sea in a way that keeps everything healthy for the future. Indigenous content is light and will be reviewed with community partners.
Nova Scotia Curriculum learning outcome: Environmental Action · food webs, producers, consumers, decomposers, relationships, human impact, Netukulimk and stewardship
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
What does Netukulimk mean in the Mi’kmaw way of life?
- taking as much as possible
- using what is needed from the land and sea in a way that keeps them healthy
- never using anything from nature
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using what is needed from the land and sea in a way that keeps them healthy
Hint: Netukulimk is about caring for the community, the environment and future generations.
Question 2
Which is a nonliving part of an ecosystem?
- water
- bacteria
- moss
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water
Hint: Water, air, soil and sunlight are nonliving. Moss and bacteria are living.
Question 3
Two bird species both need the same nesting holes. This is…
- competition
- decomposing
- mutualism
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competition
Hint: Competition happens when living things need the same limited resource.
Question 4
In a food web, an arrow points…
- toward the Sun only
- away from the eater
- toward the living thing that eats
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toward the living thing that eats
Hint: The arrow shows the direction that energy moves.
Question 5
Which people use the word Netukulimk?
- the Mi’kmaq
- the Loyalists
- the Vikings
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the Mi’kmaq
Hint: Netukulimk is a Mi’kmaw approach to living with the land and sea.
Question 6
A fox is removed from a meadow. What might happen to the rabbits at first?
- They turn into foxes
- They could increase in number
- They disappear at once
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They could increase in number
Hint: With fewer predators, more rabbits may survive.