Food Chains, Webs, and Trophic Levels
Construct and analyze food chains and webs, identifying producers, consumers, and decomposers.
Key Questions
- Analyze the flow of energy and nutrients through different trophic levels.
- Compare the stability of simple food chains versus complex food webs.
- Predict the cascading effects of removing a keystone species from a food web.
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