Question

you have just learned that food chains show food relationships. however, in nature, many food chains combine and overlap. they form a food web. a food web is a more complete way of showing food relationships. a food web shows how a number of food chains are related.
look at the food web in figure c. then answer the questions.

1. what is the diagram shown called?

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1. what does the diagram show?

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1. what does a rabbit eat?________
2. what organisms do wolves eat?

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1. which organism is the producer?

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Explanation:

1. As per the text, the diagram is called a food web.
2. The text states that a food web shows how a number of food chains are related.
3. In a typical food web (assuming the base is plants as producers), rabbits eat plants.
4. Looking at the arrows from rabbit and bird (assuming the diagram's arrows show what is eaten by wolves), wolves eat rabbits and birds.
5. In a food web, plants are the producers as they make their own food via photosynthesis.

Answer:

1. Food web
2. How a number of food chains are related
3. Plants
4. Rabbits and birds
5. Plants