Food Chains and Webs
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Food Chains & Webs
Tuesday, January 17th 2006
Objective: To use a food chain/web to show food and energy flow in a given habitat.
Materials: Outdoor field trip equipment
Method:
* An aquatic habitat was visited (Friars Hill Pond).
* The surrounding vegetation was described.
* Organisms close to shore were observed.
* Observations of fourteen species and their food sources were recorded in the chart below.
Results:
Observations of Species and their food sources
Species Food Sources
Egret Worms
Algae Sunlight
Worms Lily/fern
Snails Lily/fern
Beetle Lily/fern
Mosquito Animal Blood
Frog Mosquito/worms
Lizard Mosquito/beetle
Fish Algae/pond weed
Lily Sunlight
Caterpillar Lily/fern
Dragonfly Mosquito
Pond Weed Sunlight
Fern Sunlight
Conclusion:
* The objective of using a food web/chain to show how food and energy flow in a given habitat, i.e. Friars Hill Pond, was met. Fourteen different species were closely examined and each had their source of energy. A food chain/web was made to show the linkage of energy and the producers and consumers of the habitat.
Discussion:
* The habitat I went to was an aquatic habitat. Its location is on Friars Hill.
Food Web of an aquatic habitat
Frog Dragonfly Lizard
Egret
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