Which is better? Should we follow a food chain which is a straight line from producer to carnivore? Or study a food web, which includes many pathways from producer to consumer? A Food Web displays more of the interactions that take place within the ecosystem and therefore would be a better representation. A food web is a realistic, true to life representation. I know! The food web looks much more complicated... and it is, but it really is better to understand the whole picture of things...in an ecosystem. The Food Web shows more of the interactions between the organisms of the ecosystem and the trophic levels from Producers to Primary/Secondary Consumers up through the Tertiary Consumers. The food chain only tells part of the story....I figure you would like to know the whole story, not just part of it? Think of it this way...a food web is a bunch of food chains grouped all together...in a web. Kind of like a puzzle, if you put all the chain parts together then your understanding of the ecosystem "web" is so much better. And, that's pretty much the difference between a food chain and a food web. See? That's not so hard to contemplate? Don't worry, you'll get it. The really hard webs come later. Really! Were only in the 6th grade!
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Sadie
5/4/2018 02:39:10 pm
I think I am first!!! The corn thing that we did today was so fun!!!
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Allysa Bullock
5/4/2018 05:22:56 pm
Science was so much fun today. I want to do it again on Monday. I don't know if anybody else didn't like it but I really like the shape of the desks today like one big long row then 2 separate teams then one table on two. I don't know why but I liked it. Thx for being the best science teacher ever.
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caleb
5/4/2018 08:52:31 pm
I also want to DO IT AGAIN!!!
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MaryGrace/Fred
5/5/2018 04:58:05 pm
I liked the blog today Mrs. Taylor!!!
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Sammy
5/6/2018 08:56:23 pm
This is so cool. I love science
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Errol
5/7/2018 07:39:25 am
I liked the corn thing that we did so can we do it again?!!! But change the groups this time?
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