Please respond to the following questions throughout the week.
Provide an example of a food chain in the area where you live.
Humans are parts of food chains and food webs, too. Where on a food web would you typically find humans (near the bottom with the producers, at the top with carnivores, or somewhere in between)? Explain.
What are some advantages of being part of a food web rather than a food chain?
For Questions 4â6, use the following food web for Lake Michigan:
Lake Michigan Food Web. (2016). Retrieved fromhttps://www.glerl.noaa.gov//pubs/brochures/foodweb/LMfoodweb.pdf
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In the Lake Michigan food web, is it possible to identify the most important producer? Why or why not?
Provide at least two types of impacts that humans could have on this food web.
Read the description of the sea lamprey on page 2 of the food web. This species is described as non-native. They reached the lake through canals and locks built in the 1800s.
What challenges could occur within a food web when a new predator like this is introduced into an ecosystem?
Do you think steps should be taken to eradicate this species from the food web? Explain why or why not? If so, what steps can be implemented?
Please respond to the following questions throughout the week.
Provide an example of a food chain in the area where you live.
Humans are parts of food chains and food webs, too. Where on a food web would you typically find humans (near the bottom with the producers, at the top with carnivores, or somewhere in between)? Explain.
What are some advantages of being part of a food web rather than a food chain?
For Questions 4â6, use the following food web for Lake Michigan:
Lake Michigan Food Web. (2016). Retrieved fromhttps://www.glerl.noaa.gov//pubs/brochures/foodweb/LMfoodweb.pdf
To see this PDF, you will need to download the free Adobe Reader.
In the Lake Michigan food web, is it possible to identify the most important producer? Why or why not?
Provide at least two types of impacts that humans could have on this food web.
Read the description of the sea lamprey on page 2 of the food web. This species is described as non-native. They reached the lake through canals and locks built in the 1800s.
What challenges could occur within a food web when a new predator like this is introduced into an ecosystem?
Do you think steps should be taken to eradicate this species from the food web? Explain why or why not? If so, what steps can be implemented?
