hey guys i need help. im confused and know where theres organisms go. im making a food web, and i have to include chemosynthetic bacteria, tube worms, shrimp, jellyfish, krill, small bony fish, yeti crabs, vampire squid, angler fish and shark. how would i put that in a food web?

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blues · Answer

A food web shows which organisms eat each other. So the first step is to figure out for each organism on your list which other organisms on the list it eats. And which eat it. To turn it into a web, you put all the organisms on a chart and you draw lines between organisms that eat each other or are eaten.

anonymous · Answer

Yeah, I know how to make a food web. i just wanna know how to organize the organisms.

blues · Answer

OK, so to set it up, I would put the organisms that everyone else eats at the bottom. Immediately above them you put what eats them. And draw lines between them. Or arrows, indicating that one eats another. Then you take the secondary predators and put them in the next level, and draw arrows. I hope I'm being clear...

anonymous · Answer

So i would put the krill, and shrimp, and chemosynthetic bacteria at the bottom right?

blues · Answer

Yes. :)

anonymous · Answer

does it have to like go in a certain order? with the small organisms?

blues · Answer

Not really. As long as the things that get eaten end up on the bottom, it should work out OK.