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Ecological Pyramids, Energy Flow, & Nutrient Cycling Webquest Student Handout HS LS2-4

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Name: _______________________________________ Period: _____________ Date: ____________


Food Chains, Food Webs, and Energy Pyramids Webquest

Essential Question: How does matter and energy cycle and flow among organisms in
an ecosystem?

Go to the following website: https://bit.ly/2CHbksj


Ecological Pyramid
1. Draw a visual of what 10% of 10% would look like: (use the beaker image)

2. In an _________________, approximately _______ of an organism's _____________ is transferred


to another organism when it is ______________. The flow of ____________ from one organism to
another is visualized in a _________________.

Explain 1: Food Chains


3. Label the following diagram:

_________________ _________________ _________________ _________________

4. An important _________________ factor within a community is _________________. Energy is


___________________ when one organism is _______________ by another organism. A food
_______________ is an easy way to diagram the flow of _________________ in a community.
Ecological Pyramids, Energy Flow, & Nutrient Cycling Webquest Student Handout HS LS2-4
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5. Click on the picture “The Food Chain” to play a short video about food chains. Answer the
following true false questions:

Fact True or False?

Because top predators eat aminals, producers do not play a role in their survival

Without the sun’s energy, there would be no life on Earth

Periphyton is an important producer in the Everglades

Approximately 90% of the food energy that an organism consumes passes on


to the next link in the food chain

6. Answer the following questions based on the video:


A. How does energy flow in a food chain?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
B. What is the ultimate source of energy in a food chain or food web?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
C. What two things do all organisms need to grow and survive?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
D. Why is only 10% of the energy consumed by an organism passed to the next level?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
7. Food Chains Classification Activity: Drag and Drop the arrows and organisms to correctly classify
each organism in the food chain. Record your answers below
Ecological Pyramids, Energy Flow, & Nutrient Cycling Webquest Student Handout HS LS2-4
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Explain 2: Food Webs


8. All the food chains in an __________________ are __________________________ and are
represented by a _______________. Food webs show the interdependence among
________________. A food web for an __________________ is very __________________.

9. Fill in the food web below, making sure to include arrows to show the flow of energy.

10. What are 2 examples of decomposers? ____________________ & ____________________


11. What do decomposers do? _____________________________________________________________
12. Click on the picture “The Food Web” to play a short video about food chains. Answer the
following true false questions:

Fact True or False?

A food chain can illustrate the complexity of the feeding relationships between
all plants and animals in the ecosystem

The Limpkin is a good example of an omnivore that feeds on many different


food sources

A food web is made up of many intersecting food chains

In an ecosystem, all plants and animals rely on one another for survival

13. Answer the following questions based on the video:


A. How are food chains related to a food web?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
Ecological Pyramids, Energy Flow, & Nutrient Cycling Webquest Student Handout HS LS2-4
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

B. Why are food webs so complex?


____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
C. What is the importance of understanding the flow of energy within an ecosystem?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
Explain 3: Go With the Flow…of the Arrows
14. _______________ on a food ______________, or food __________, represent the flow of
______________. The __________________ of the arrows in a food chain or food web is very
_________________. The arrows always show the ________________ of the energy as it is
__________________ from one organism to _________________.

Remember:

15. The __________ of ______________ can also be represented within an energy ______________.
16. Label the following Energy Pyramid:

17. Where do all organisms get their energy from? __________________________________________


18. How much energy is transferred from one organism to the next? __________________________
19. Play the “Flow of Energy” quiz to place the beakers in the correct order.
Ecological Pyramids, Energy Flow, & Nutrient Cycling Webquest Student Handout HS LS2-4
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Elaborate: Creating Food Chains, Webs, and


Energy Pyramids
20. Use the Food Web of Bay Waterfowl to take
the quiz.

21. Place the organisms in the appropriate place


in a food chain below:

22. Now create an energy pyramid of this food chain.

23. Write the correct example(s) of a food chain located within the Food Web of Bay Waterfowl.

_________________ → _________________ → _________________ → _________________


_________________ → _________________ → _________________ → _________________

_________________ → _________________ → _________________ → _________________


Ecological Pyramids, Energy Flow, & Nutrient Cycling Webquest Student Handout HS LS2-4
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Elaborate: Antarctica Marine Food Web

24. Use the food web to determine the correct placement


of organisms in the food chain. Record your answers
below:

25. Label the organism (Birds, Algae, Killer Whale, Krill) and label each appropriate trophic level.

Vocabulary: Define the following terms (in your own words if possible)
Word Definition

Food Chain

Food Web

Producer

Primary Consumer

Secondary Consumer

Tertiary Consumer

Decomposer

Trophic Level

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