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1. What are the common names of two freshwater crustaceans that may be part of t

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Question

1. What are the common names of two freshwater crustaceans that may be part of this ecosystem? A macroscopic C and a microscopic D 2. Are the organisms listed directly above herbivores, omnivores or camivores? 3. Are adult frogs, salamanders and snakes herbivores or carnivores? Of the organisms that have been set out for you to view, give the name of one flying insect an adult frog could consume. 4. Of all the animals that are set out for you to observe, there are two that are blood-sucking parasites. Give the common name of both of them. 5. The worm the L , and the fish the L . If a muskrat is an herbivore, what level of consumer would it be? What trophic level would it occupy (first, second or third)? trophic level ary consumer in the

Explanation / Answer

1. Crayfish and Microscopic Daphnia pulex

2. Most Crustaceans are motile ( move) and can be herbivores, carnivores or detritvores. Some are parasites and live attached to their hosts (e.g. fish lice).

3. Amphibians are herbivores as larvae and carnivores as adults.

4. Grasshoppers

5. Lamprey fish and leech worm

6. primary and second trophic level