Food Chains and Food Webs

Ecology: Food Chains and Food Webs

Open Ended

When you see the terms food web and food chain, what does that make you think of? do a mini-brain dump on what you remember about these topics.

Categorize

Options (9)

algae

grass

archaebacteria

humans

cow

panther

fungi

bacteria

millipede

Categorize each organism based on their trophic level

Producer

Consumer

Decomposrer

Multiple Choice

• weeds

• grasshoppers

• praying mantises

• barn owls

Multiple Choice

• algae --> cattails --> muskrat

• muskrats --> ducks --> algae

• algae --> minnows --> ducks

• red-winged blackbirds --> ducks --> minnows

Draw

Draw your own food chain consisting of four organisms found in Georgia

Multiple Choice

Which level of this food pyramid represents the largest biomass?

• bass

• minnows

• copepods

• algae

Multiple Choice

Which level of the food pyramid is the smallest percentage of total stored energy found?

• A: algae

• B: copepods

• C: minnows

• D: bass

Multiple Choice

• algae

• copepods

• minnows

• bass

Multiple Choice

• a number of populations in the biosphere

• ecological succession

• pathway of energy as it is transferred through an ecosystem

• physical interactions between organisms in a population

Categorize

Options (6)

producers

autotrophs

primary consumer

herbivore

carnivores

secondary consumer

A

B

C

Multiple Choice

The diagram pictured shows a food web. Which organisms would most likely be in competition?

• A and C

• B and C

• B and D

• D and E

Multiple Choice

• rabbits and snakes

• rabbits and seed-eating birds

• rats and frogs

• spiders and coyotes

Multiple Choice

• the population of large birds will die out

• leaf beetle will multiply rapidly, providing more food for small birds

• small birds will avoid poisoned insects by preying on small frogs

• the grasshopper population will have more available food

Multiple Choice

• decomposers

• omnivores

• carnivores

• producers

Multiple Choice

• decomposer

• producer

• primary consumer

• carnivore

Multiple Choice

Which organism would most likely be adversely affected by a continuous decrease in the population of mice?

• frog

• hawk

• deer

• grass

Multiple Choice

• hawk

• frog

• snake

• grass