Download Name Tabizi Pythons and Clendro Hawks Objective: Use imaginary

Name ____________________________
Tabizi Pythons and Clendro Hawks
Objective: Use imaginary organisms to describe relationships as they occur in food webs and
explore how short and long term environmental changes affect populations of organisms.
Directions: Cut out the 12 organism cards and create a food web below.
1. List the producers in your food web.
a. ____________________________________________
b. ____________________________________________
c. ____________________________________________
2. List the herbivores in your food web.
a. ____________________________________________
b. ____________________________________________
c. ____________________________________________
d. ____________________________________________
3. List the carnivores in your food web.
a. ____________________________________________
b. ____________________________________________
c. ____________________________________________
d. ____________________________________________
4. List the scavenger in your food web.
a. ____________________________________________
5. List 4 predator-prey relationships:
a. ____________________________________________
b. ____________________________________________
c. ____________________________________________
d. ____________________________________________
Events:
1. A terrible drought occurs in this ecosystem. Due to the disaster, most of the
grasses dry up and die. Which organisms would be most affected by this and why?
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2. A rumor circulates among the native people that the teeth of the Bronilla bear can
cure baldness. This triggers increased hunting of the animal. How would this affect
the food web? ___________________________________________________
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3. Until recently, natives killed the Clendro hawk for their tail feathers. They have
stopped this practice after animal rights groups complained about it. How would
this affect the food web? __________________________________________
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4. A Rahpsheraga comes in contact with some local farmers. The farmers begin
hunting the Rahpsheraga in large numbers to protect their herds. How would this
affect the food web? ______________________________________________
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5. People have discovered how tasty the fruits of the Neumelinda tree are and have
begun spraying them with pesticides. The pesticides are causing the eggs of the
Tukatume to become too fragile and their babies are dying. What affect would this
have on the Tukatume population and how would it affect the food web?
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6. A disease, spread by farmer’s livestock, begins to kill off the Pluplenra. How would
this affect the food web? __________________________________________
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Quadralupa
Neumelinda
Pedreaucus
Flowering plants that produce
Large, leafy tree that produces
A long, green species of grass.
bright, red flowers with four
Neumelinda fruits.
petals.
Minedra
Tukatume
Rahpsheraga
Small rodents that burrow.
Small, wild birds that perch on
Part of the big cat family. They
They eat roots of grass and
trees to eat. They drink the
eat rodents, like Pluplenra and
fruits. Their predators are the
nectar from the blossoms of
Vulumadai. These are apex
Tabizi python, the Clendro
Neumelinda trees. Their main
predators and have no real
hawk, and the Rahpsheraga.
predator is the Tabizi python.
predators.
Pluplenra
Bronilla Bear
Halati
A species of antelope that lives
Small yellow and brown
A small, ferocious species of
in the open. They eat grasses
mammals that are not really
sloth. They eat Pluplenra,
and other flowering plants.
bears. They eat the delicious
Bronilla bears, and Tabizi
Their predator is the
stems of the Quadralupa plant.
pythons. Their predator is the
Rahpsheraga.
Their predator is the
Rahpsheraga.
Rahpsheraga.
Tabizi Python
Vulumadai
Clendro Hawk
Constrictor snake. They eat
Small canines. They are
Small hawks that nest in trees.
birds and small rodents. Their
scavengers that will eat any
They eat rodents like Minedra.
predators are mainly Halati.
animal. Their predator is the
Their predator is the Tabizi
Rahpsheraga.
python.