Which part of the food web does this Red Shouldered Hawk fit into?
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Producer.
No. A producer captures energy from sunlight, and stores it as food. To do that, the organism needs to contain chlorophyll. This hawk cannot use the energy of sunlight to produce its own food. -
Primary Consumer.
No. Primary consumers eat producers. This hawk does not eat living plants. -
Secondary Consumer
Yes! Secondary consumers eat other consumers. This hawk eats mice, snakes, and other animals. -
Decomposer
No. Decomposers break down dead and decaying organisms. The hawk may occasionally act as a scavenger, eating a freshly dead animal that it did not kill, but it is not a decomposer.
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Florida
SC.4.L.17.3 Trace the flow of energy from the Sun as it is transferred along the food chain through the producers to the consumers.
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SC.7.L.17.1 Explain and illustrate the roles of and relationships among producers, consumers, and decomposers in the process of energy transfer in a food web.
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UT.8.II.2.a Categorize the relationships between organisms (i.e., producer/consumer/decomposer, predator/prey, mutualism/parasitism) and provide examples of each.
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5-PS3-1 Use models to describe that energy in animals’ food (used for body repair, growth, motion, and to maintain body warmth) was once energy from the sun.
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5-LS2-1 Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
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