Food Web worksheet
Name of Your Animal:
___________________
1. Read all of the steps BEFORE starting
2. What is your animal’s ecosystem: _____________________________
3. Review the data table below and then choose:
a. 3-5 producers
NOTE – one of these
b. 2-4 primary consumers
organisms must be your
c. 2-4 secondary consumer
animal
d. 1-2 tertiary consumer (optional)
e. 1-2 decomposer (see step 5.c)
(Visit Wili Words for definitions if needed)
4. Write the names of each organism in the middle column of the data table
NOTE: Revisit “How to Make a Food Web (step 4), if needed, to see how to complete the data table.
Data Table
Organism
Energy Source
Producers
Consumers
Decomposer
5. Write the energy sources in the right hand column for each organism. For example:
a. For producers, enter “sunlight” (under Energy Source).
b. For primary and secondary consumers, identify all the organisms that each consumer
might eat (ex. a rabbit might eat clover, grass, and/or dandelions).
c. Decomposers, some web pages do not include decomposers. Choose one of two most
common decomposers: fungi or bacteria.
6. Create the 1st draft of your Food Web below by writing the name of each organism in individual
ovals below. Do not include the decomposers.
7. Draw an arrow from each energy source TO THE organism that eats it.
Example:
My Food Web - Draft