North American Desert Food Web

The prickly pear cactus is a

• decomposer

• producer

• primary consumer

• scavenger

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Decomposers include:

• Fungi

• Bacteria

• Insects

• jackrabbits

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The jackrabbit is a

• producer

• primary consumer

• secondary consumer

• tertiary consumer

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The red tailed hawk feeds on

• kangaroo rat

• jackrabbit

• grasshopper

• scorpion

The rattlesnake feeds on

• kangaroo rat

• grasshopper

• jackrabbit

• kit fox

Since the kit fox gets energy from feeding on the jackrabbit and kangaroo rat, we know that it must be a

• producer

• primary consumer

• secondary consumer

• tertiary consumer

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Since the desert tortoise only eats the prickly pear cactus and yucca plants, we know that it must be a

• producer

• primary consumer

• secondary consumer

• scavenger

Two decomposers that breaks down scorpion after it is dead are

• grasshopper

• beetle

• yucca

• desert tortoise

The grasshopper plays a major role in this desert food web, where does it get its energy from?

• the sun

• prickly pear cactus

• kangaroo rat

• scorpion

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What is the energy source that starts this entire food web?

• sun

• red tailed hawk

• kit fox

• decomposers

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