Names:

Briones, Iya Hazine B.

De Leon, Jhon Carl

Manaloto, Ken-C D.

Pineda, Edsel

Yr&Sec: BSFo 1C

Observation & Data

Producers Consumers
(List any recognizable plant items) (List the names of all animals found)
Mass of plant material tub 18 g
Mass of plant material (producers) 5g
Mass of herbivore Jar 18 g
Mass of herbivore material (primary 2g
consumers):
Mass of carnivore jar -
Mass of carnivore (secondary consumers) -
material:

Using the masses above, construct a pyramid of biomass that accurately represents the relative
number of grams of each trophic level. In other words, the more grams, the wider that level will
be. Be sure to label each level on your pyramid.
In the space below (or on a separate sheet of paper) draw a food web, a food web that uses all of
the organisms from your list. Be sure to include arrows and label the trophic levels.

Observation Questions:

1. Describe any evidence you see of decomposition (material rotting and breaking down.)

- It changes color, texture and it has a bad smell.

2. What important roles does decomposition play in ecosystems?

- Dead plants and animal nutrients back into the ecosystem to be

used again and it makes soil healthy.

3. Because of their size, most decomposers cannot easily be seen. List two organisms that
would fill the role of decomposer.

- Worm and Ant

4. Describe what the world would be like if suddenly all decomposers died off.
- The death of all decomposers would have consequences for the world, like nutrient
imbalances it would cause a major ecological crisis.

5. You may have heard of the “rule of tens,” which suggests that the biomass of a given
trophic level will be ten percent of the level below it, because not all energy is passed up
from one trophic level to next. How well does your pyramid fit (or not fit) the general
rule of tens? Use your data to back up your answer.

- The primary consumers because not every portion of the plant is edible or
digestible, and some energy is lost during metabolism because of heat. So that,
herbivores generally have lower biomass than the primary producers they consume,
which is consistent with the rule of tens.

6. How accurate do you think your data is? What flaws or errors do you think may have
affected your results.

- All we know is it's all accurate and there are no errors.

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