Question

The diagram shows a food web in a grassland.

A diagram of a food web is shown. Arrows are drawn from grass to grasshopper, grass to squirrel, grass to mouse, grasshopper to the lizard, grasshopper to hawk, squirrel to hawk, mouse to snake, mouse to hawk and snake to hawk.

What best describes the role of the grasshopper in the food web? (3 points)

a. A primary consumer that is food for the lizard and hawk

b. A secondary consumer that is food for the lizard and hawk

c. A primary consumer that is food for a single predator, the lizard

d. A secondary consumer that is food for a single predator, the lizard

Answer 1

Answer is A.

EXPLANATION:
You can eliminate C and D because grasshopper is shown to be consumed by the lizard AND the hawk. We can then eliminate B because the grasshopper is consuming something that grew AKA a plant or grass in this case.

Tip: using elimination is a great way to work through multiple choice problems.

Answer 2

Answer: a. A primaray consumer that is food for the lizard and hawk.

Step-by-step explanation:

The grasshopper eats grass making it a primary consumer, and since the lizard and hawk eat the grasshoper, that makes then secondary consumers.

Meaning the answer is A.