Food Web Assignment Name:

TASK: Create a Food Web for an ecosystem.

WHAT TO DO:
1 Choose either the Forest Ecosystem OR the Marine Ecosystem
 You only have to make one food web.

2 Create a Food Web including all the organisms given

 You may create the food web using a computer program or by hand.
 Include all the producers and all the consumers.
 Join each organism with an arrow in the correct direction.

3 Include the following in your Food Web

 Under each organism, indicate its role. (P = producer, H = herbivore, O = omnivore, C = carnivore)
 Above each organism, indicate its trophic level (1, 2, 3, or 4)

4 Answer the following questions

 Have answers on a separate page.

1. What are TWO abiotic factors that would affect your food web?
2. Draw one food chain from your food web, beginning with the Sun. Make sure arrows are in the right
direction.
3. Name one organism from your food web that uses photosynthesis for energy production.
4. Name one organism from your food web that uses cellular respiration for energy production.
5. Describe where the decomposers would fit into this food web.
6. Which organisms in the food web are the most numerous: producers, primary consumers, or secondary
consumers? Why?
7. Which organisms were the least numerous? Why?
8. What would happen to your food web community if:
a. all the producers died? Explain.
b. all the herbivores died? Explain.
c. the decomposers died? Explain.

Marking Rubric
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
Application - makes few - makes some - makes - makes connections
-include all connections, connections, connections and in familiar and
required demonstrates little demonstrates some analyzes food web unfamiliar contexts,
information depth of depth of impacts in answers, evaluates food web
-information is understanding when understanding when includes evidence of impacts and
correct assessing food web assessing food web a good effort demonstrates
-answer the impacts and impacts and thoroughly detailed
questions correctly question answers question answers effort
Communication - demonstrates - demonstrates some - demonstrates - manipulates the
-all information is limited command of command of the considerable assigned form to
displayed in an the assigned form in assigned form in command of the achieve the desired
informative and food web food web assigned form in purpose and effects;
effective way development development food web thorough
development communication of
food web display
 Forest Ecosystem

TREE SNAKE SPIDER RABBIT GRASSHOPPER FOX MOUSE

insects and small Insects plants and roots plants other small animals plants, seeds
animals

BEE WOLF FROG CHIPMUNK DEER ANT BEAR

Flowers (pollen) other animals Insects nuts and seeds berries, grass, plants leaves berries, smaller animals

BIRD BERRIES GRASS FLOWERS OWL BOBCAT TREE

insects mice and other small other animals
animals
 Marine Ecosystem
CLAM ALGAE STARFISH PROTOZOA LOBSTER ALBATROSS FUR SEAL
plants Sun Protozoa Algae Algae/protozoa Krill & fish & squid Octopus, krill

BLUE WHALE FISH SQUID SEA TURTLES FISH SHRIMP ELEPLANT SEAL
Krill Zooplankton, Zooplankton, Krill, seaweed Krill, zooplankton zooplankton Fish, octopus
Fish

SEAWEED ZOOPLANKTON KILLER WHALE KRILL OCTAPUS CRAB PENGUINS

Sun Sun Fish, Seals seaweed Clams, starfish, crab Protozoa Fish, Squid