Question

Food Web AssignmentDirections illustrate the flow of energy within the aquatic system below by completing each direction below.SquidBlue WhaleSealKrillPenguinZooplankton1.) Draw in 8 arrows to show how the energy moves to create a food web. You may have to do a little research to help youmake all the correct connections!2.) Where would phytoplankton and the Sun belong in this food web? Draw it as well as an arrow connecting each one accurately.3.) How would bacteria nit into this food web? Describe how you would draw it in. 4.) Classify each of the 7 organisms in the aquatic food web, as well as bacteria, as a producer, consumer or decomposer by writing each into the correct category below. • Producer - • Consumer - • Decomposer -

Answer 1

For the first and second question we have:

Squid eats: Krill

Blue whale eats: Krill

Seal eats: Krill, Squid, Penguins (Only leopard seals)

Krill eats: Zooplankton (and phytoplankton)

Penguin eats: Krill, squids

Zooplankton eats: no one (in the picture, but they eat phytoplankton)

For the third question: Bacteria enter as decomposers in the food web.

Finally, for the fourth question we have:

Producers: Phytoplankton

Consumers: squids, blue whale, seal, krill, penguin and zooplankton

Decomposer: Bacteria