1. 1. Which organism in the food web above is sometimes a first-level
consumer and sometimes a second-level consumer? Explain.
2. Choose one food chain in the web. Name all the organisms in that chain.
Start with the producer and end with the top-level consumer.
3. Draw an energy pyramid for the food chain you chose. Label the
pyramid to tell how much food energy is available at each level.

2. I cannot make my own food, so I have to depend on other organisms to nourish me.
consumer

3. I get my nutrients by breaking down dead and dying organisms.
Decomposers

4. What am I?

5. My meals consist of consumers. And nothing else!
Carnivore

6. I make my own food. I don’t need anyone else’s help
I make my own food. I don’t need anyone else’s help. Well, except for the sun.
Producers

7. What am I?

8. I don’t like to kill my own food. I usually steal it from someone else
I don’t like to kill my own food. I usually steal it from someone else. After it has sat around for awhile.
Scavenger

9. I like to have a side salad with my meat!
Omnivore

10. No meat for me, please! But, I would like some veggies!
Herbivore

11. What am I?