Name: ____________________________________________ Date: _______
Interpreting a Food Web
Examine the food web shown. Each animal is at least one trophic level, and some animals can be on more than one
trophic level, depending on their diets.
1. What is the producer?
2. Identify the primary consumer(s):
3. Identify the secondary consumer(s):
4. Identify the tertiary consumer(s):
5. Identify the quaternary consumer(s):
6. Identify two herbivores:
7. Identify a single omnivore:
8. Identify four carnivores:
9. Convert the food web on the first page into a pyramid of
numbers.
10. Create your own food web that models a typical food web for
either a lake ecosystem or the ocean. Include at least 6 organisms
in your model and show the direction of energy flow. You can use
sketches of animals or labels or both!
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