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    Biology Feeding Relationship Lab # 2

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    The document describes a lab experiment investigating feeding relationships among organisms in a terrestrial habitat. Students observed the habitat and recorded which organisms were present and what each organism fed on. This information was used to construct three food chains and a food web showing the feeding connections. Key findings were that producers like grass and flowers form the first trophic level, herbivores the second, and carnivores the third. Energy flows from producers and is lost at each trophic level as it is transferred between organisms through consumption.

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    The document describes a lab experiment investigating feeding relationships among organisms in a terrestrial habitat. Students observed the habitat and recorded which organisms were present and what each organism fed on. This information was used to construct three food chains and a food web showing the feeding connections. Key findings were that producers like grass and flowers form the first trophic level, herbivores the second, and carnivores the third. Energy flows from producers and is lost at each trophic level as it is transferred between organisms through consumption.

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    The document describes a lab experiment investigating feeding relationships among organisms in a terrestrial habitat. Students observed the habitat and recorded which organisms were present and what each organism fed on. This information was used to construct three food chains and a food web showing the feeding connections. Key findings were that producers like grass and flowers form the first trophic level, herbivores the second, and carnivores the third. Energy flows from producers and is lost at each trophic level as it is transferred between organisms through consumption.

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    Lab #: 2

    Date: October 16,2021

    Topic:Feeding Relationships

    Aim:To investigate feeding relationships among organisms in the environment

    Method:
    1. An appropriate terrestrial habitat was chosen.
    2. . A table was prepared to record observations made.
    3. The habitat of the study was carefully observed.
    4. A list of the plants and animals seen in the area were made.
    5. A record of what each organism fed was made

    Organisms Source of food

    Goat Grass

    Bee Flower

    Human Goat

    Lizard Grasshopper

    Bird worm

    Grasshopper Leaf

    worm Organic matter

    1. Use the information in your table to construct three (3) food chains
    Organic matter--->worm--->bird
    Grass--->goat--->human
    Flower --->bee--->lizard

    2. Use your (3) food chains to create a food web


    ↗Bird
    Human ↖
    Lizard

    ↗ ↑

    ↗
    Goat flower worm

    ↑ ↖ ↑ ↑
    Grass bee organic matter

    Discussion of Results:

    Feeding relationships show what organisms eat or are eaten by others and through these levels
    of organisation in an ecosystem.These can be shown in food chains, which add together to
    make food webs for a habitat. A food chain is a linear network of links in a food web starting
    from producer organisms and ending at an apex predator species,detritivores,or decomposer
    species.A food web is the natural interconnection of food chains and a graphical representation
    of what-eats-what in an ecological community.There are levels of feeding within a food chain
    called trophic levels, with producers as the first trophic level and consumers/predators in the
    following levels.The producers, also first trophic level in the food web, are organisms like grass
    and leaf. The next trophic level is primary consumers, otherwise known as herbivores, such as
    the goat,bee and grasshopper.Then carnivores, at the third trophic level, for instance lizards and
    humans. Omnivores usually sit at the third, and further, trophic levels consisting of the
    organisms like the human and bird. Some organisms feed at different trophic levels like birds.
    There are consumers who will compete for food at the trophic level/s they happen to fall in.
    Along each food chain energy flows further throughout food webs. Through the food chain
    leaf-->bee--->lizard,some organisms feed at different trophic levels like the bird. Energy starts
    with the primary producer, the leaf, converting sunlight into energy.Some energy gets lost at
    each trophic level in the food chain as respiration, heat and/or excretory products. The primary
    consumer, the bee, ingests the flower, receiving and converting the remaining energy from the
    flower. The lizard, the secondary consumer, consumes the primary consumer, obtaining energy
    and, similarly to the primary consumer, converts energy to a usable form, losing more energy in
    the chain.

    Limitations/Precautions:

    It was ensured that what each organism was feeding on was recorded properly.
    It was guaranteed that the feeding relationships investigated were in a controlled environment.
    Conclusion:
    Feeding relationships that exist among the various life forms are responsible for the energy flow
    in organisms.

    Reflection:
    I learnt that there are many feeding relationships that exist.Their relationships are showcased in
    a food chain and/or food web which is the interconnection of food chains.

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