aquatic plants
Smallmouth Bass
Worms
Leopard Frog
Great Blue Heron
Crayfish
Sunfish
aquatic insects
Mink
Osprey
Muskrat
Dragonfly
Your task is to:
Food Chain & Food Webs
i) construct a series of food chains and join them into a food web
ii) fill in the table below
Muskrats eat aquatic plants
Dragonflies eat insects
Worms eat aquatic plants
Heron eat Bass
Frogs eat Crayfish
Sunfish eat Dragonflies
Mink eat Muskrats
Frogs eat insects
Sunfish eat Worms
Crayfish eat insects
Osprey eat Bass
Mink eat Bass
Heron eats Frogs
Bass eats Sunfish
Crayfish eat aquatic plants
Osprey eats Frogs
Bass eat Dragonflies
Sunfish eats insects
Osprey eat Muskrats
Bass eat Worms
Frog eats Dragonflies
aquatic insects eats aquatic plants
Bass eats Crayfish
Crayfish eats worms
iii) What order consumer is the Bass when it eats the Frog?
iv) What order consumer is the Crayfish when it eats aquatic insects?
v) What order carnivore is the Heron when it eats the Bass?
___ Trophic (feeding) Level
top carnivores (consumers)
___ Trophic (feeding) Level
second order carnivores (third order consumers)
___ Trophic (feeding) Level
first order carnivores (second order consumers)
___ Trophic (feeding) Level
herbivores (primary consumers)
___ Trophic (feeding) Level
producers