These fungi are also found in the Yellowstone National Park ecosystem. What is their role in the food web?

Based on the food web what type of organism is the Raven? Explain your answer. (Word bank: Producer, herbivore, omnivore, carnivore, decomposer)

Identify three organisms that are apart on one food chain within the Yellowstone National Park food web. (Hint: start with a producer)

This is the food chain for the gray wolf. Explain how energy is passed in the food chain by writing what is happening at each arrow in the food chain.

list all the biotic and abiotic factors in the Yellowstone ecosystem.

Wolves are a native species to Yellowstone, but they almost went extinct in this area due to over-hunting. They were re-introduced into the ecosystem in 1995.

After the Grey wolf was re-introduced to the Yellowstone ecosystem, make a claim about what happened to the Elk population overall between 1995 and 2009

Claim: After the Grey wolf was re-introduced to Yellowstone, the Elk population ...

(a)  

Wolves are a native species to Yellowstone, but they almost went extinct in this area due to over-hunting. They were re-introduced into the ecosystem in 1995.

After the Grey wolf was re-introduced to the Yellowstone ecosystem, make a claim about what happened to the Bison population overall between 1995 and 2009

Claim: After the Grey wolf was re-introduced to Yellowstone, the Bison population ...

(a)  

Using the graphs, what evidence can you use to support your claim

(Claim: After the grey wolf was re-introduced into Yellowstone, the Elk population... and the Bison population...)

Using the information in the graph, list one reason why the Bison and elk populations have changed since the re-introduction of the grey wolf

(reasoning: after the reintroduction of the grey wolf, the elk population... and the bison population... because...)