Food Webs and Energy Pyramids
Flow of energy in a food web Click on the blue circle and fill in the missing information with the role each organism plays in the food web. Use one of the following words: herbivore, carnivore, decomposer. It's okay to use the same word more than once. Do NOT use capital letters. carnivore carnivore decomposer herbivore Why is the circle with decomposers shown without an arrow? Decomposers are the top consumers of all food webs Decomposers become part of the food web at any level when an organism dies Decomposers make their own food using sunlight and carbon dioxide Decomposers are a special type of carnivore In the food web presented above, which organism is prey for the largest number predators? lynx bear mouse rabbit If the fox were to eat a mouse, what would need to be added to this food web diagram? an arrow from the mouse to the fox an arrow from the fox to the mouse an arrow from the producer directly to the fox no change would be needed What is my role? Use the picture of the food web to sort the following organisms. For each organism, decide what role it plays in the food web. Click on the organism and then select the correct category. Omnivore eats both plants and animals cod krill Carnivore meat eaters penguin killer whale leopard seal squid Herbivore eats only plants zooplankton Producers make their own food phytoplankton What do the arrows represent in a food chain and food web? Flow of Energy Turn Signals IDK Decomposers Vocabulary Matching Game Match the word to the CORRECT description Carnivores ONLY eat meat Herbivores ONLY eat plants Omnivores Eat BOTH plants and animals Decomposers Break down DEAD plants and animals Sun Primary source of ENERGY for all food chains and webs Check any of the words below that correctly describes grass.Note: You will have more than one word . Autotroph Decomposer Heterotroph Producer Primary Consumer Secondary Consumer Tertiary Consume Check any of the words below that correctly describes frog.Note: You will have more than one word. Autotroph Decomposer Heterotroph Producer Primary Consumer Secondary Consumer Tertiary Consume Energy pyramid Label the pyramid with the following words: 1st trophic level, 2nd trophic level, 3rd trophic level, and 4th trophic level. 1st trophic level 2nd trophic level 3rd trophic level 4th trophic level If the grass in the energy pyramid above had 25,000 Kcal of energy, approximately how much would you expect of that energy to be stored in trophic level 4? 25,000 Kcal 2,500 Kcal 250 Kcal 25 kcal Use the food web below to answer the following questions. How would an infestation of Chytrid fungus affect the food web? There are types of pathogenic fungi that can attack living amphibians (such as frogs). One of these types of fungi is known as the Chytrid fungus.For each one of the organisms listed, describe how their population might be affected by a Chytrid fungus infestation. When writing your answer, please explain why you determined the increase, decrease, or no change.a. frogsb. grasshoppersc. snakesd. producers