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
Mosquito/worms
Lizard
Mosquito/beetle
Algae/pond weed
Lily
Sunlight
Caterpillar
Lily/fern
Dragonfly
Mosquito
Pond Weed
Sunlight
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