Lesson 1.05 Alabama Food Web Project

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Task

Complete 1.05 Alabama Food Web Project.

1. Using the websites below as well as other sites you find or that your teacher provides, search for examples of food webs and food chains.
   • USDA Plants Database: Alabama Plants
   • Encyclopedia of Alabama: Geography and Environment
   • Animal Diversity Web
2. After researching food webs and food chains, build a fictional Alabama ecosystem food web. You may use Word or another program that you are familiar with. Your food web must contain the following:
   • At least four producers, 3 primary consumers, 2 secondary consumers, 1 tertiary consumer, and 1 decomposer.
   • Arrows that show the direction of the energy flow.
   • The common name and the scientific name for each animal.
   • Labels on each organism as producer, consumer, or decomposer.
   • Labels on each consumer as herbivore, omnivore, or carnivore.
   • Two examples of competition in your food web.
   • A Works Cited page that lists all of the sources you used in creating the food web. Read MLA Citations - Instructions and Adding Images for more information on Works Cited for outside information and images.
3. Submit your completed work to the 1.05 Alabama Food Web Project Dropbox.