Question

A student drew a food web. One part included plants, a mouse, a rabbit, and a owl. Which populations of organisms has the most energy?

Answers:

Owl

Grass

Rabbits

Mouse

Answer 1

In a food web, energy is transferred from one trophic level to another. The base of the food web typically consists of producers, such as plants (grass, in this case), which capture energy from the sun through photosynthesis. As you move up the food chain to herbivores (like rabbits and mice) and then to carnivores (like owls), the amount of available energy decreases.

In this specific food web, the grass (plants) has the most energy since it is the primary producer at the base of the food web. Therefore, the answer is:

**Grass**