Food Web analysis activity
Pg. 206-209 Castro Huber Marine Biology Book
Answer these on the back side of the Energy Pyramid Activity
1. What is the base of the food web?
2. What is the top predator of this food web?
3. List 5 food chains from Producers to top predator list it with the name of the animal and the trophic levels like below:
Producer-> Trophic Level 1-> Trophic Level 2-> Tropic Level 3-> ect.
4. What was the longest food chain? What is the shortest food chain?
5. What could happen to the population size of Emperor Penguin and Petrel if the Krill were removed from the food web? (Give a possible positive and negative impact for each)
6. Define Generalist species and Specialist Species.
7. What are 2 generalist animal species in this food web? Explain why they are considered generalists.
8. What are 2 specialist animal species in this food web? Explain why they are considered specialists.
9. Explain what value Phytoplankton have in the economy of the sea. (Why is phytoplankton valuable?)
10. Why don’t food webs contain more than 8-9 trophic levels? Explain this using the energy pyramid and the biomass example.
Food Web analysis activity
Pg. 206-209 Castro Huber Marine Biology Book
Answer these on the back side of the Energy Pyramid Activity
1. What is the base of the food web?
2. What is the top predator of this food web?
3. List 5 food chains from Producers to top predator list it with the name of the animal and the trophic levels like below:
Producer-> Trophic Level 1-> Trophic Level 2-> Tropic Level 3-> ect.
4. What was the longest food chain? What is the shortest food chain?
5. What could happen to the population size of Emperor Penguin and Petrel if the Krill were removed from the food web? (Give a possible positive and negative impact for each)
6. Define Generalist species and Specialist Species.
7. What are 2 generalist animal species in this food web? Explain why they are considered generalists.
8. What are 2 specialist animal species in this food web? Explain why they are considered specialists.
9. Explain what value Phytoplankton have in the economy of the sea. (Why is phytoplankton valuable?)
10. Why don’t food webs contain more than 8-9 trophic levels? Explain this using the energy pyramid and the biomass example .
Food Web analysis activity
Pg. 206-209 Castro Huber Marine Biology Book
Answer these on the back side of the Energy Pyramid Activity
1. What is the base of the food web?
2. What is the top predator of this food web?
3. List 5 food chains from Producers to top predator list it with the name of the animal and the trophic levels like below:
Producer-> Trophic Level 1-> Trophic Level 2-> Tropic Level 3-> ect.
4. What was the longest food chain? What is the shortest food chain?
5. What could happen to the population size of Emperor Penguin and Petrel if the Krill were removed from the food web? (Give a possible positive and negative impact for each)
6. Define Generalist species and Specialist Species.
7. What are 2 generalist animal species in this food web? Explain why they are considered generalists.
8. What are 2 specialist animal species in this food web? Explain why they are considered specialists.
9. Explain what value Phytoplankton have in the economy of the sea. (Why is phytoplankton valuable?)
10. Why don’t food webs contain more than 8-9 trophic levels? Explain this using the energy pyramid and the biomass example .