Trophic Level Lab
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Block (**)
Date (**)
Objective: Students will make an electronic trophic level chart by dragging and dropping the names of organisms into a
chart and answering questions about the trophic levels. This lab is also non-computer friendly.
Procedure:
1) Drag and drop the trophic levels into the appropriate spots in the chart on the attached page. In the box on the bottom
of the chart, drop the word “Producers”. The second box from the bottom should be labeled “Primary Consumer”, the
third box from the bottom should be labeled “Secondary Consumers” and the box at the top should be labeled “Tertiary
Consumer”.
2) On this page is a list of organism names in different colors. Drag and drop the names into the appropriate trophic level
by using the key below.
KEY:
Green - producer
Purple - primary consumer
KEY:
P- producer
1- primary consumer
Blue- secondary consumer
Red- tertiary consumer
2- secondary consumer
3- tertiary consumer
3) Answer the questions below when finished by clicking in the blank and typing the answer.
Producer
s
Primary Consumers
flowers
bacteria 2
bear
p
2
pecan tree p
moth 1
2
fungus
horses
1
Secondary Consumers
walnut tree p
vultures 2
soy bean p
rat 2
hawk 2
blue jay
robin
cows
humans
2
moss
eagle
oats
beaver
lettuce p
maple tree p
worms
rabbits
tobacco
p
1
squirrel 1
grasshopper
1
grass
p
fox
2
owl 2
chicken 2
turtle 1
ferns p
opossum 2
p
oak tree p
1
deer
1
frog 2
p
2
1
p
pig 1
mountain lion 2
snake 2
1
2
2
chestnut tree
insects 1
Tertiary Consumers
chipmunk 1
p
corn
dogwood tree p
bob cat 2
bob cat 2
sparrows 1
TROPHIC CHART
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Name (**)
Questions:
1) Which of the trophic levels has the most number of organisms? (**) How many? (**)
2) Which of the trophic levels has the least number of organisms? (**) How many? (**)
3) a. What are two examples of a secondary consumer? (**)
b. What are two examples of a primary consumer? (**)
c. What are three examples of a producer? (**)
4) What is the term for a model that shows the relationships
between organisms, including the energy and number of each trophic level? (**)
5) a. What does autotroph mean? (**)
b. At which trophic level are autotrophs found at? (**)
6) a. What does heterotroph mean? (**)
b. Which trophic levels are heterotrophs found at? (**)
7) a. Give an example of a primary herbivore. (**)
b. Give an example of a secondary omnivore. (**)
c. Give an example of a tertiary carnivore. (**)
d. Give an example of a tertiary decomposer. (**)
8) What does the direction of an arrow in a food chain or food web indicate? (**)
9) Using the arrow feature of the drawing tools (Toolbar) draw a food chain showing the transfer of energy between
grass, a fox, a rabbit, a bob cat, and fungus.