Energy Flow & Food Webs Spanish Reading Passage & Comprehension Questions | Life Science | Grades 6–8

This Spanish Reading Passage & Comprehension Questions worksheet gives grades 6–8 Middle School Life Science students an academic-Spanish passage on Energy Flow & Food Webs, followed by open-response comprehension questions.

Passage: "Flujo de energía y redes alimentarias" (~480 words). Sample questions: "¿Cuál es la diferencia fundamental entre la forma en que se mueve la energía y la forma en que se mueve la materia en un ecosistema?" and "¿Por qué un ecosistema con una red alimentaria compleja es más estable que uno con una cadena alimentaria simple?"

What's inside: 1 reading passage in Spanish, 10 open-response questions with lined answer space, an answer key with model responses, and teacher notes in English.

Resource type: Reading Worksheet (.docx). Language: student pages in Spanish; teacher notes in English. Format: editable Microsoft Word handout with approximately 1,180 words (~5 pages).

Classroom use: independent reading and a comprehension check for Spanish-speaking ELLs in a Middle School Life Science course. Grades 6–8.

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