Pond Water Web

Producers

• phytoplankton

• aquatic plants

Consumers

• Largemouth bass• Bluegill• Crayfish• Mosquito larvae• Zooplankton• Raccoon• Tiger salamander• Pond frog• leeches

• Snail• Bullheads• Mallard• Great blue heron• Snapping turtle• Aquatic nymphs• Mudpuppy• Muskrat• N. water snake

Decomposers

• AQUATIC WORMS

• Zooplankton

• Leeches

• Snail

• Tadpoles

3. Create 4 food chains

• Phytoplankton

• Aquatic plants

• Phytoplankton

• Aquatic plants

4. Use 10 cards to create a food web

Must Use:

• Phytoplankton• Aquatic plants• Zooplankton• Bullheads (catfish)• Great blue heron• Aquatic worms

• Pick 4 other animals

• Put the other leftover cards in the paper clip to be collected by teacher

Discussion Questions

1. What would happen to your food chain if the aquatic plants died out because of pollution?

- Everything would leave or die

Discussion Questions

2. What would happen to your food web if the population of great blue herons was to double?

- some of the other populations would decrease

Discussion Questions

3. Asian carp consume zooplankton, which many fishes typically feed on in their juvenile stages, and have no known predators. How would the introduction of an Asian carp affect your food web?

- many populations could decrease

- others may not be affected