Question

this diagram shows a food chain from a grassland ecosystem in wyoming. the arrows show how the matter eaten by organisms moves through the food chain. select each organism below that is a predator in this food chain. wild oat white - tailed jackrabbit long - tailed weasel red fox coyote

Explanation:

A predator is an organism that hunts and eats other organisms. In the given food chain:

• Wild oat is a plant (producer), not a predator.
• White - tailed jackrabbit is a herbivore (primary consumer), not a predator.
• Long - tailed weasel hunts and eats the white - tailed jackrabbit, so it is a predator.
• Red fox hunts and eats the long - tailed weasel, so it is a predator.
• Coyote hunts and eats the red fox, so it is a predator.

Answer:

long - tailed weasel, red fox, coyote