Experience first-hand how energy is transferred within a food web and between trophic levels. In this simulation, you will guide a zebra towards a feeding ground by interacting with organisms in different trophic levels.
High School
University / College
From photosynthesis to apex predator, get ready for a Labster simulation outside of the lab. In this short simulation, you will explore the different trophic levels and understand a zebra’s place in the food web.
Explore trophic levels in an ecosystem
Receive immediate feedback upon exploring food webs and trophic levels. The mission is simple: help a zebra to its feeding ground. To do this, you will have to hide a crocodile in a food chain, place an elephant in a food trophic pyramid and help a lion to place parasites in a food web.
An academic safari
By the end of this simulation, you will explain the different chains within a food web and relate them to a trophic pyramid. Understand concepts such as heterotroph, mixotroph, and autotroph and use them to explain certain behaviors in the different levels of a trophic pyramid.
Will you be able to safely guide the zebra across a crocodile-filled river?
Length:
25
mins
Accessibility mode:
Available
Languages:
English (United States)
German
Spanish
French
Italian
Course Packages:
At the end of this simulation, you will be able to:
Define trophic levels, food webs and ecological pyramids
Elaborate on definitions of autotrophic, heterotrophic and mixotrophic organisms.
Differentiate between food chains and food webs
Explain how energy flows between different trophic levels and how this impacts ecosystem structure
Predict how pests and parasites fit into trophic systems
At the end of this simulation, you will be able to:
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