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Questions on Food Web ActivityCaitlin Barrett
1. The difference between a food chain and a food web is a food
chain shows only asimple line of predators however the food web
shows the variety of different predators in apopulation instead of
just one.
2. Two primary producers are oak and fungi3. Two herbivores are
worms and ants4. Two consumers are tree frogs and raccoons5. The
trophic level that has the most energy is the producers followed by
the primary
consumers who benefit the most from the producers energy. There
is a loss of energy ateach trophic level because not all energy is
transferred when the predator eats the prey asthe prey has used
some of its gained energy already.
6. At each trophic level about 90% of energy is lost.7. It is
beneficial to the whale because they can eat a lot of the plankton
and because they
are producers they provide much more energy for the whale.8. An
autotroph is an organism that makes its own food through
photosynthesis or
chemosynthesis. Two in the food web are oak and fungi.9. A
heterotroph is an organism that relies on other organisms for
energy. Two in the food
chain are hawks and snakes.10. If the turtle disappeared all
things above it would die and would cause problems within
the food chain and effect many other species with a lack of
food.11. There would be an overpopulation of the species beneath it
with no one to eat them and
if there were any predators in the area for an alligator they
would die off due to lack offood.
12. The entire community would be affected because many species
feed off of trees andthis would cause the entire food chain and web
to collapse.
13. In a nutrient cycle the nutrients found in the soil absorb
into the water found in theground, the plants roots then absorb the
water and the nutrients . The nutrients then travelup to feed the
plant and then are passed onto any produce the plants may grow such
asfruits or vegetables. These nutrients can be passed onto both
humans and consumerswhen they eat the plant. If the nutrients and
plant remains uneaten, bacteria break downthe leftovers and allow
them to return to the soil to be reused by another producer.
14. A cycle is continuous, generally shown in the form of a
circle to show that it is never-ending. A flow has a start and a
finish and does not continue constantly in a circle.
