Whoosh! In a blur of feathers, a red-tailed hawk swoops up a mouse with its talons.

Crunch! The person next to you sinks their teeth into an apple.

Rustle! The leaves of a tree flutter in the sunlight.

Every organism needs energy to live! We can model these relationships using a food web. Remember the energy arrows you draw in your food web model go in the direction of the flow of energy!

This tool will help you determine the roles of each organism and how the energy is flowing in the relationships between them.

Use the drop downs to explore the relationships between two organisms to help you make your food web!