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Interpreting a Food Web
1. List the producers: ___________________________________________________
2. List the primary consumers: _____________________________________________
3. List the secondary consumers: ___________________________________________
4. List the tertiary consumers: _____________________________________________
5. List one example of a decomposers that could be in this ecosystem: ________________
6. List one food chain that is part of the food web: ______________________________
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7. Next to each organism on the food web, write a P next to it if it is a producer, write a H if it is an
herbivore, write a O if it is an omnivore, or write a C if it is a carnivore.
8. Label each level of the energy pyramid with the words producer, primary consumer, secondary
consumer, and tertiary consumer. Then, place the animals on the food web in the correct level of the
energy pyramid.
9. Imagine that a landscaper was frustrated by caterpillars eating the grass of the lawns that he cared for.
The landscaper decided to use a pesticide (a chemical that destroys pests) and successfully killed all of
the mice in the ecosystem. What organisms would be effected by the removal of mice in the food
web? Explain your answer.
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10. In nature, there are many more producers than primary consumers, many more primary consumers
than secondary consumers, and so on. Why do you think this is?
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