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Food Chain and Web

This document provides instructions for students to map out a food chain and food web for an ecosystem. It outlines 5 steps: 1) Choose an ecosystem, 2) List the producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers and tertiary consumers, 3) Create a food chain showing the energy transfer between organisms, 4) Create a food web diagram showing interconnected food chains, and 5) Answer processing questions about interdependence between organisms and human impacts.

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Food Chain and Web

This document provides instructions for students to map out a food chain and food web for an ecosystem. It outlines 5 steps: 1) Choose an ecosystem, 2) List the producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers and tertiary consumers, 3) Create a food chain showing the energy transfer between organisms, 4) Create a food web diagram showing interconnected food chains, and 5) Answer processing questions about interdependence between organisms and human impacts.

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NAME: FOOD CHAIN & FOOD WEB 03/10

ACTIVITY: MAP IT OUT! The chain and the web

Step 1: Choose an ecosystem


First, let's choose an ecosystem. It could be a forest, a pond, a grassland, or any ecosystem you can think of.

Step 2: List down organisms


Now, I want you to think about the different organisms that live in your chosen ecosystem. Start with the
producers, or the organisms that make their own food through photosynthesis, such as plants.

Next, list down the primary consumers, or the organisms that eat the producers. For example, a rabbit that
eats the grass in a grassland ecosystem.

After that, think about the secondary consumers, or the organisms that eat the primary consumers. For
example, a hawk that eats the rabbit in a grassland ecosystem.

Finally, think about the tertiary consumers, or the organisms that eat the secondary consumers. For example,
a snake that eats the hawk in a grassland ecosystem.

Step 3: Create a food chain


Using the organisms you have listed, create a food chain. A food chain is a series of organisms where each one
is eaten by the next in line. For example, in a grassland ecosystem, the food chain could be: grass -> rabbit ->
hawk -> snake.

Step 4: Create a food web


Now, let's take it a step further and create a food web. A food web is a more complex representation of the
feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem. It shows how different food chains are
interconnected.

To create a food web, draw a diagram on your paper with the producers at the bottom and the top predators
at the top. Draw arrows between the organisms to show the flow of energy from one organism to the next.

Step 5: Processing and guide questions


Now that you have created a food chain and food web for your chosen ecosystem, answer some of these
questions:

1. How do the different organisms in the food chain and food web depend on each other?

2. What would happen if one organism was removed from the ecosystem?

3. How do humans impact the food chain and food web in different ecosystems?

4. Can you think of any other ecosystems and the food chains and food webs that exist within them?

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