Question

producers use photosynthesis to make their own food. this food becomes the matter that moves up the food chain. use the information in the food chain to fill in the blanks below. slender wheatgrass deer mouse long - tailed weasel red fox coyote matter moves up the food chain when prey is eaten by a predator. in this food chain, matter moves from prey to a predator when the deer mouse is eaten by the. matter moves closer to the top of this food chain when another predator, the, eats its prey, the long - tailed weasel.

Explanation:

In a food chain, predators consume prey, and matter moves up. Looking at the given food chain: slender wheatgrass (producer) → deer mouse (eats the grass) → long - tailed weasel (eats the deer mouse) → red fox (eats the long - tailed weasel) → coyote (eats the red fox). When the deer mouse is eaten, the predator is the long - tailed weasel. When the long - tailed weasel is eaten, the predator is the red fox.

Answer:

long - tailed weasel; red fox