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Mr. Ward-Guthrie11/26/138th Grade Science
CHAPARRAL
Chaparral – What is it?
Shrubland found in southern California and northern Baja California
- Mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers- Important characteristic – serious wildfires!
The Food Web - Where does everything get its food?
The Sun
Plants
Herbivores
Carnivores & Omnivores
The Sun – The source of energy for life
Hydrogen is fused into helium in a nuclear reaction to produce energy
Producers of the Chaparral
Manzanita
Toyon
Scrub Oak
Chamise
Producers (green plants) produce their energy from the sun via photosynthesis.
Their fruit, seeds, and leaves are eaten by the primary consumers.
Primary Consumers of the Chaparral
Pinyon Mouse
Primary consumers eat the producers.
They, in turn, are eaten by the secondary and tertiary consumers.
Mule Deer
Pinacate Beetle
Ground Squirrel
Secondary Consumers of the Chaparral
Greater Roadrunner
Whiptail Lizard
Rattlesnakes
Secondary consumers are typically omnivores, both eating plants and animals.
They, in turn, are eaten by the tertiary consumers, the predators.
Big-eared Bat
Tertiary Consumers of the ChaparralTertiary consumers, also known as apex predators, are ‘top’ of the food web.
Carnivorous, they eat any level of consumer in the food web.
Bobcat
Coyotes
Golden Eagles
Energy – Where does it go?
In the food web, solar energy is passed along from the producers to the consumers.
Along the way, most of that original energy is lost, either as material that is not eaten (bone, stem, roots, etc.) or expended as the animal moves, breathes, reproduces or performs any of the functions required for life.
The circle of life is a not really a ‘circle’, but a complicated web of interactions.
The End