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STEP 1

Answer the following questions Was your prediction correct? ____ Yes _____ NO

1. How did you arrive at your prediction?

2. What differences were there between your prediction and the simulation?

3. What would happen to this imaginary ecosystem if the producers were to die out?

4. Did any of the species increase in number? ____ Yes ____ NO What could account for this increase?

5. Which species decreased in number and what might account for this decrease?

6. Which populations would benefit the most from the presence of decomposers?

7. Copy and Paste your Screen Capture below.

STEP 2

1. Was your prediction correct? ___ Yes ___No.

2. How did you arrive at your prediction?

3. What differences were there between your prediction and the simulation?

4. Were you able to modify the parameters so that each species survived? Explain how you decided what changes to make.

5. Which way does energy flow and how does eating an organism result in energy transfer?

6. Copy and Paste one of your Screen Captures from STEP 2.