Question

Objective 2

Use food chain and food web models to identify the transfer of matter and flow of energy upward between organisms in
an ecosystem.
1. What are the producers in the
ecosystem shown below?
2. What is a primary consumer in the
ecosystem shown below?
3. What is a secondary consumer in the
ecosystem shown below?
Rabbits
Foxes
Carrots
Mice
Owls
Grasshoppers
Grasses
Birds
Grains
(Not drawn to scale)
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Answer 1

1) Carrots, Grasses, and Grains

2) Rabbits, Grasshoppers, Mice, and Birds

3) Foxes, Owls, and Birds

Step-by-step explanation:

1) Producers normally don’t need energy from other organisms to get their energy, rather they get it from the sun

2) Primary consumers get their energy from producers

3) Secondary consumers get their energy from the primary consumers

Answer 2

1. Grasses, carrots, grains

2. A rabbit

3. Foxes

Step-by-step explanation: