Food Chain Base your answer to the next 3 questions on the passage below which describes an ecosystem in New York State and on your knowledge of biology. The Pine Bush ecosystem near Albany, New York, is one of the last known habitats of the nearly extinct Karner Blue butterfly. The butterfly's larvae feed on the wild green plant, lupine. The larvae are in turn consumed by predatory wasps. The four groups below represent other organisms living in this ecosystem. Group A Group B Group C Group D algae rabbits hawks soil bacteria mosses tent caterpillars moles molds hognosed snakes mushrooms toads ferns moths pine trees oak trees 1. Identify each group type. • Group A: Group B: • Group C:

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5. Which organisms do leopard seals eat? 6. Which organisms eat krill? 7. What producer(s) can be found in the food web? 8. List one important type of organism missing from this food web: 9. If there was a large oil spill which blocked most of the sunlight, decreasing the amount of algae available, how would each of the following populations be affected? 10. Use the food web to identify organisms using the following table so that the killer whale is the quaternary (fourth) consumer. 1. Primary consumer 2. Secondary consumer 3. Tertiary consumer 4. Quaternary consumer Created by counting organisms at each level First level carnivores Herbivores Marine Plankton Population How it Will Be Affected: Cod Leopard seal Killer whale Created by weighing organisms at each level First level carnivores Marine Plankton © 2011 Vanema mn Herbivores Killer whale Created by measuring calories at each level First level carnivores Marine Plankton Herbivores A B с View the three pyramids above. Identify…

In this food web where would you place the moon jelly and the comb jelly ? Draw them in the food web