Question

1. create a food chain based on the animals in the food web, be sure to put the type of consumer.→→→→6. autumn is investigating an ecosystem. she identified the bunny population to be 40,000 during spring 2024, but there was a severe drought that killed 65% of all vegetation in the area during the summer of 2024. revisiting the area in spring 2025, the bunny population is now 10,000.a. what is the carrying capacity of the population after the drought?b. what is the limiting factor the population of bunnies was affected by?

Explanation:

Step 6a: Define carrying capacity

Carrying capacity is the stable population size an ecosystem can sustain long-term post-disturbance. The bunny population stabilized at 10,000 post-drought, so this is the carrying capacity.

Step 6b: Identify limiting factor

The drought killed 65% of vegetation, which is the primary food source for bunnies, so this resource loss limits the population.

Step 5: Build a typical terrestrial food chain

Producers (plants) are base, followed by primary, secondary, tertiary consumers.
<Expression>Grass (Producer) → Bunny (Primary Consumer) → Fox (Secondary Consumer) → Hawk (Tertiary Consumer)</Expression>

Answer:

1. Grass (Producer) → Bunny (Primary Consumer) → Fox (Secondary Consumer) → Hawk (Tertiary Consumer)

6a. 10,000
6b. Severe drought leading to loss of vegetation (food source)