Question

1. What is the main source of food of the organisms in the illustration? 2. Write the organisms which feed directly on plants. 3. Mention the second order consumers in the given food web. 4. How many food chains can you construct from the given food web? Write those food chains.

Answer 1

The answers to the following questions are as follows:

Answer 1:

• The main source of food for the organisms are the plants or producers.
• Each food chain starts with a producer.
• Plants are producers.
• They manufacture their own food, which provides them with energy to grow, reproduce, and live.
• Their ability to produce their own food distinguishes them; they are the only living beings on Earth capable of producing their own supply of food energy.

Answer 2:

• The organisms that feed on plants in the illustration are deers, rats, giraffes, rhinoceros, and grasshoppers.
• An herbivore is an organism that mostly consumes plants.
• Herbivores range in size from microscopic insects like aphids to massive elephants.
• Herbivores are an important element of the food web, which describes which creatures feed other animals in the wild.
• Herbivores are the primary eaters of plants.
• Primary consumers include caterpillars, insects, grasshoppers, termites, and hummingbirds, who exclusively eat autotrophs (plants).

Answer 3:

• Carnivorous secondary consumers include spiders, snakes, and seals.
• The other form of the secondary consumer is the omnivore.
• For energy, they consume both plant and animal resources.
• Bears and skunks are examples of omnivorous secondary eaters, who hunt animals as well as consume vegetation.

Answer 4:

• There can be 5 different food chains that can be constructed from the given food web.
• Food chain 1: Plants - Giraffe - Lion
• Food chain 2: Plants - Rhinoceros - Lion
• Food chain 3: Plants - Grasshopper - Bird - Snake - Eagle
• Food chain 4: Plants - Rat - Fox - Snake - Eagle
• Food chain 5: Plants - Deer - Cheetah - Eagle

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