PREDATOR PRAIRIE · CHOMPLING
Food Webs
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Chompling — Food Webs River Snatch Run
Hi!
I'm Chompling.
Welcome to River Snatch Run!
Will you help me investigate food webs?
The Grumblies have mixed up our clues.
Let's check the evidence!
A food web joins overlapping food chains.
Organisms may have several food sources
and may be eaten by more than one consumer.
Why use a food web?
- A. To show connected feeding paths
- B. To force each animal to have one food
- C. To erase all feeding relationships
The answer is A: To show connected feeding paths
A food web joins overlapping food chains.
Organisms may have several food sources
and may be eaten by more than one consumer.
That clue helps us make sense of this place.
Arrows still point from food to eater.
More connections can reveal alternative pathways for energy.
Which path is in our model?
- A. Fox to sunlight to grass
- B. Grass to stone to fox
- C. Grass to insect to bird to fox
The answer is C: Grass to insect to bird to fox
Our web has grass feeding rabbits and insects;
birds eat insects;
foxes eat rabbits and some birds.
Two paths reach the fox,
so one straight chain misses part of the evidence.
Hmm...
how does that connect to our first clue?
Our web has grass feeding rabbits and insects;
birds eat insects;
foxes eat rabbits and some birds.
Two paths reach the fox,
so one straight chain misses part of the evidence.
What other path reaches the fox?
- A. Sunlight directly to fox as food
- B. Grass to rabbit to fox
- C. Grass directly to a stone
The answer is B: Grass to rabbit to fox
Our web has grass feeding rabbits and insects;
birds eat insects;
foxes eat rabbits and some birds.
Two paths reach the fox,
so one straight chain misses part of the evidence.
Nice investigating!
You've been following the evidence.
Let's bring our clues together before the adventure.
A food web joins overlapping food chains.
Arrows still point from food to eater.
Our web has grass feeding rabbits and insects;
birds eat insects;
foxes eat rabbits and some birds.
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