Question

below is a food web from joshua tree national park, a desert ecosystem in southern california. which arrows show matter moving from a secondary consumer to an omnivore? select all that apply. the arrow between the grasshopper mouse and the coyote the arrow between the grasshopper and the grasshopper mouse the arrow between the grasshopper mouse and the red-tailed hawk the arrow between the grasshopper mouse and the rattlesnake the arrow between the kit fox and the coyote

Explanation:

• Identify secondary consumers: Secondary consumers eat primary consumers. In this food web, the grasshopper mouse (eats grasshoppers - a primary consumer) is a secondary consumer.
• Identify omnivores: Omnivores eat both plants and animals. Coyotes are omnivores (they can eat a variety of organisms including some plant - based matter in some cases, and also animals like the grasshopper mouse).
• Analyze each arrow:
• The arrow between the grasshopper mouse (secondary consumer) and the coyote (omnivore) shows matter moving from a secondary consumer to an omnivore.
• The arrow between the grasshopper and the grasshopper mouse: The grasshopper is a primary consumer, and the grasshopper mouse is a secondary consumer. This is from a primary consumer to a secondary consumer.
• The arrow between the grasshopper mouse and the red - tailed hawk: The red - tailed hawk is a carnivore (not an omnivore in the context of this food web as per the given organisms).
• The arrow between the grasshopper mouse and the rattlesnake: The rattlesnake is a carnivore (not an omnivore).
• The arrow between the kit fox and the coyote: The kit fox is a carnivore (not a secondary consumer in the sense of the initial consumer - producer - based classification here as it mainly preys on small animals, not on primary consumers like grasshoppers in the same straightforward way as the grasshopper mouse).

Answer:

the arrow between the grasshopper mouse and the coyote