A Food Web
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1. List the producers, consumers, and decomposers shown in the food web above.
a. Producers ___________________________________________________________________________
b. Primary Consumers ___________________________________________________________________
c. Secondary Consumers _________________________________________________________________
d. Tertiary Consumers ___________________________________________________________________
c. Decomposers ________________________________________________________________________
2. What autotrophs are found in this food web? __________________________________________________
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3. What Heterotrophs are found in this food web? _______________________________________________
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4. List one food chain. _____________________________________________________________________
5. List a second food chain. _________________________________________________________________
6. Add one organism to this food web. What is it? _______________________________________________
What other organisms in the food web will it eat? _____________________________________________
What other organisms in the food web will eat it? _____________________________________________
7. Remove one organism from this food web. What was it? _______________________________________
What organisms will benefit from this removal? ______________________________________________
What organisms will suffer from this removal? _______________________________________________
8. Why is a complex food web better than a simple food chain for the survival of the community?
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1988 Prentice-Hall, Inc. Life Science Pg932