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    1. The document describes various food chains and a food web within an ecosystem centered around a Energy Pyramid (EWP). It identifies 4 producer species, 1 primary consumer, 2 secondary consumers, and 1 tertiary consumer. 2. Calculations are shown of the total stored chemical energy in each producer species and the energy retained at each trophic level in the food web. The total stored energy of producers is 100 kcal, with 10 kcal retained by primary consumers, 1 kcal by secondary consumers, and 0.01 kcal by the tertiary consumer. 3. The document provides an exercise to help students understand food chains, food webs, energy transfer between trophic levels, and the importance

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    1. The document describes various food chains and a food web within an ecosystem centered around a Energy Pyramid (EWP). It identifies 4 producer species, 1 primary consumer, 2 secondary consumers, and 1 tertiary consumer. 2. Calculations are shown of the total stored chemical energy in each producer species and the energy retained at each trophic level in the food web. The total stored energy of producers is 100 kcal, with 10 kcal retained by primary consumers, 1 kcal by secondary consumers, and 0.01 kcal by the tertiary consumer. 3. The document provides an exercise to help students understand food chains, food webs, energy transfer between trophic levels, and the importance

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    Food Chains, Food Web and Energy Pyramid Exercise No.3

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    FOODExercise

    CHAINS, FOOD WEB AND ENERGY PYRAMID


    No.3

    1
    Name of Student: Lorie-Anne Cambri Year Level/Section: 2B
    Site Location: Alabiao Tuao Cagayan
    Date Conducted: (day/month/year) 7/09/2020 Total = 180 points

    Food Chains

    First Level Food Chains


    Crabgrass -------> grasshopper -------> rat -------> snake -------> hawk
    Green amaranth -------> grasshopper -------> rat -------> snake -------> hawk
    Purslane -------> grashopper -------> rat -------> snake -------> hawk
    Prickly malvastrum ------> grasshopper -------> rat -------> snake -------> hawk

    Second Level-Food chain


    Bacteria -------> crabgrass -------> grasshopper -------> rat -------> snake
    Bacteria --------> green amaranth --------> grasshopper -------> rat -------> snake
    Bacteria --------> purslane --------> grasshopper -------> rat -------> snake
    Bacteria --------> prickly malvastrum --------> grasshopper -------> rat -------> snake

    Third Level-Food Chain


    dead plants --------> bacteria --------> crabgrass --------> grasshopper --------> rat
    dead plants --------> bacteria --------> green amaranth --------> grasshopper --------> rat
    dead plants --------> bacteria --------> purslane --------> grashopper --------> rat
    dead plants --------> bacteria --------> prickly malvastrum --------> grashopper --------> rst

    Fourth Levels-Food Chain

    worms --------> dead plants --------> bacteria --------> crabgrass --------> grasshopper
    worms --------> dead plants --------> bacteria --------> green amaranth --------> grasshopper
    worms --------> dead plants --------> bacteria --------> purslane --------> grasshopper
    worms --------> dead plants --------> bacteria --------> prickly malvastrum --------> grashopper
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    CHAINS, FOOD WEB AND ENERGY PYRAMID
    No.3

    Food Web
    General Food Web

    Food Web with EWP (at the center)

    - 2021
    SEMESTER, S.Y. 2020
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    FOODExercise
    CHAINS, FOOD WEB AND ENERGY PYRAMID
    No.3

    3
    Food Pyramid

    hawk
    0.1 kcal

    rat, snake

    1 kcal

    grasshopper

    10 kcal

    crabgrass, green amaranth, purslane, prickly malvastrum

    100 kcal

    Species Inventory (Food Pyramid):


    Organism Species Total
    Classification Species (N)

    Producers crabgrass, green amaranth, purslane, prickly malvastrum 4

    Primary Consumers grasshopper 1

    Secondary Consumers rat, snake 2

    Tertiary Consumers hawk 1

    Decomposers dead plants numerous


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    CHAINS, FOOD WEB AND ENERGY PYRAMID
    No.3

    Stored (Chemical) Energy Inventory:


    Organism Mean Stored Energy Source [Citation]
    (Energy, kcal or kJ) per
    species

    crabgrass 3.09 kcal https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261825792_Tr


    ue_Metabolizable_Energy_of_Moist-Soil_Seeds
    green 18 kcal https://www.ajol.info/index.php/bajopas/article/view/992
    amaranth 79/88571
    purslane 16 kcal https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3934766/

    prickly 3.0 kcal https://wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1


    malvastrum 002/wmon.1040

    (attached additional rows if necessary) - 2021

    Energy Computation:
    Organism Tally (F) Total Stored Energy (kCal or kJ)
    SEMESTER, S.Y. 2020

    (Based on Species
    Inventory)

    crabgrass 2 6.18 kcal

    green 14 252 kcal


    amaranth
    purslane 3 48 kcal
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    CHAINS, FOOD WEB AND ENERGY PYRAMID
    No.3

    5
    prickly 7 21 kcal
    malvastrum

    (attached additional rows if necessary) Energy Pyramid

    - 2021
    SEMESTER, S.Y. 2020
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    CHAINS, FOOD WEB AND ENERGY PYRAMID
    No.3

    o
    3
    Consume
    r______s
    _2700kcal/ 10
    0___
    _
    Secondary Consumers:

    ______ kcal/kJ
    019 kcal/kJ
    .

    Primary Consumers:

    _90__kcal/kJ
    ______ kcal/kJ
    __

    Producers:

    1525. kcal/kJ
    525
    2
    .25
    5
    . __

    Energy Balance:
    Organisms Total Stored Energy Energy Retained Energy Released
    (kcal or kJ) (kcal or kJ) (kcal or kJ)
    Producers 100 kcal 10 kcal 90 kcal

    Primary 10 kcal 1kcal .09 kcal


    Consumers

    Secondary 1 kcal 0 kcal 1 kcal


    Consumers

    Tertiary .01 kcal 0 kcal 0.01 kcal


    Consumers

    Decomposers ----- ------ -------


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    CHAINS, FOOD WEB AND ENERGY PYRAMID
    No.3

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    Study Guide: Answer briefly and concisely.

    1. What is the importance of conducting a system analysis of food chain and food web in the
    environment?
    This is to illustrate the feeding relationships among species within a community, revealing
    species interactions and community structure, and understanding the dynamics of energy
    transfer in an ecosysystem. To understand how the food chain works so that we know what
    are the important living organisms that make up the food chain and how the ecology is
    balanced.
    2. What is the importance of conducting a hierarchal analysis in food pyramid and energy
    pyramid?
    The importance of this is to understand how energy and shows rates of energy flow through
    trophic levels, not absolute amounts of energy stored. Also this pyramids demonstrate a
    large amount of producers at the base of the pyramid will be needed to support only a few
    of the consumers at the top.
    3. What lessons did you learn from this exercise?
    The interrelationship and interdependence of organisms to survive Ina certain environment
    through the flow of energy.
    4. Given the limitation due to current situation (pandemic), what suggestions could you
    Nutrition and food system- to shape food systems, contribute to improved nutrition and
    ensure that food is produced, distributed and consumed in a sustainable manner that
    protects the right to adequate food for all. Improved food environment for healthy diets and
    enhanced nutrition- sustainable diets are those with low environmental impacts which
    contribute to food and nutrition security and to healthy life for present and future
    generations.

    References (Put your citations here):


    [1] http://www.fao.org/3/a-i7846e.pdf

    [2] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S209531191962678X/pdf?
    md5=325c7faa7fdd02549e9078b86bb7a76a&pid=1-s2.0-S209531191962678X-
    main.pdf&isDTMRedir=Y
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