Great Smoky Mountains National Park SCA

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Great Smoky Mountains National Park SCA

After you've completed the Great Smoky Mountains National Park unit, complete the assessment below.

The diagram below shows a food chain from Great Smoky Mountains National Park; refer to it when answering questions 1-3.

1. Which species would expect to have the lowest biomass? *

Great horned owl

Gray Squirrel

Copperhead

Red oak

2. Select the boxes that classify the role of each organism in the ecosystem *

Producer

Primary consumer

Secondary consumer

Tertiary consumer

Great horned owl

Copperhead

Gray Squirrel

Red oak

3. Which of the following would increase the amount of energy available in this ecosystem? *

Red oaks change sunlight into food via photosynthesis

Copperheads search for small rodents like the gray squirrel for food

Gray squirrels bury acorns in the ground to reserve for the winter

Energy cannot be added to this ecosystem as energy cannot be created or destroyed

4. The Eastern Hemlock provides food and shelter for numerous species of birds, including the black-capped chickadee and American goldfinch, both of which are the prey for the red-tailed hawk. If a typical eastern hemlock captures around 10,000 kcal of energy from the sun in a year, about how much energy would you expect to be available for red-tailed hawks? *

5. Select the boxes to identify how the population of each species would change after a severe decline in the white tailed deer population. *

Increases

Decreases

No Change

Bitternut hickory

Gray wolf

Red squirrel

Blackbear

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