FOOD CHAIN/FOOD WEB
ACTIVITY
Your name: ______________________________ Period __________ Date due: ___________________
Activity: Organism Card
4” x 6” card
Your organism is: _____________________________________
FRONT SIDE: Illustration/image of your organism.
__________
Pictures must be good quality: hand drawn, actual pictures, magazine pictures or
printed from internet.
BACK SIDE: Organism information…in this order
1. __________
Common name
2. __________
Scientific name (genus and then species)
3. __________
Physical characteristics
4. __________
Description of organism’s habitat (biotic and abiotic factors)
5. __________
List of prey, if applicable (What it feeds on. List at least 3)
6. __________
List of predators, if applicable (What feeds on it. List at least 2)
7. __________
Trophic level (Producer, Consumer, Scavenger, Decomposer , Detritivore)
8. __________
Fun facts (2) about organism
FOOD CHAIN/FOOD WEB
ACTIVITY
Your name: ______________________________ Period __________ Date due: ___________________
Activity: Organism Card
4” x 6” card
Your organism is: _____________________________________
FRONT SIDE: Illustration/image of your organism.
__________
Pictures must be good quality: hand drawn, actual pictures, magazine pictures or
printed from internet.
BACK SIDE: Organism information…in this order
1. __________
Common name
2. __________
Scientific name (genus and then species)
3. __________
Physical characteristics
4. __________
Description of organism’s habitat (biotic and abiotic factors)
5. __________
List of prey, if applicable (What it feeds on. List at least 3)
6. __________
List of predators, if applicable (What feeds on it. List at least 2)
7. __________
Trophic level (Producer, Consumer, Scavenger, Decomposer , Detritivore)
8. __________
Fun facts (2) about organism
FOOD CHAIN/FOOD WEB ACTIVITY
Plant Species
Animals
Invertebrates
 Ant
 Red mangrove  Beetle
 Earthworm
 White
 Florida tree snail
mangrove
 Moth
 Centipede
 Black
 Spider
Mangrove
 Mosquito
 Dragonfly
 Gumbo Limbo  cricket
Birds
 Mahogany
 Ibis
 Egret
 Oak
 short tailed hawk
 purple Gallinule
 Cocoplum
 Roseate spoonbill
 turkey vulture
 Buttonwood
 wood stork
 American Eagle
 Thalassia
Mammals
testudinum
 Florida panther,
(Turtle grass)  White tailed deer
 Opossum
 Haladule
 Raccoon
wrightii
 Marsh Rat
(Manatee
grass)
 Sawgrass
EVERGLADES ORGANISMS
Fish
 mosquito fish
(freshwater)
 tarpon
(saltwater)
 marsh killifish
(estuarine)
 Largemouth
Bass
(freshwater)
Reptiles
 Banded
Water snake
 Mangrove
snake
 American
alligator,
 American
Crocodile
 Terrapin
 Slider turtle
 Florida
Green anole
 water
moccasin
Amphibians
 Toads,
 Tree frogs,
 Peepers
 Pig frog
 Cricket frog
Fungi & Bacteria
 Freshwater fungi
 Mushrooms
 puffball
mushroom
 freshwater
bacteria
 saltwater bacteria
 Sawgrass
 Ibis
 Terrapin
 Red mangrove
 Egret
 Slider turtle
 White mangrove
 short tailed hawk
 Florida Green anole
 Black Mangrove
 purple Gallinule

 Gumbo Limbo
 Roseate spoonbill
 Toads,
 Mahogany
 turkey vulture
 Tree frogs,
 Oak
 wood stork
 Peepers
 Cocoplum
 American Eagle
 Pig frog
 Buttonwood

Florida panther
 Cricket frog
 Thalassia testudinum
(Turtle grass)

White tailed deer
 Freshwater fungi

Opossum
 Mushrooms

Raccoon

Marsh Rat

Haladule wrightii
(Manatee grass)
 Ant
 Beetle
 mosquito fish
(freshwater)
 Earthworm
 tarpon (saltwater)
 Florida tree snail
 marsh killifish
(estuarine)
 Moth
 Centipede

Largemouth Bass
(freshwater)
 Spider
 Banded Water snake
 Mosquito
 Mangrove snake
 Dragonfly

 Cricket
 American Crocodile
American alligator,
water moccasin
 puffball mushroom

freshwater bacteria

saltwater bacteria