<p>Name: Date:</p><p>Lorax Story Interpretation Assignment</p><p>Directions: Completely and correctly answer the following questions based on our work in ecology and your interpretation of the story of the Lorax. </p><p>1. Identify a population in the Land of the Lifted Lorax and explain why this is a population.</p><p>2. Identify each of the following in the Land of the Lifted Lorax: a.) two producers b.) three consumers</p><p>3. Explain why producer organisms are also called autotrophs.</p><p>4. Explain why consumer organisms are also called heterotrophs. </p><p>5. In a paragraph with at least five sentences, describe the ecosystem of the Land of the Lifted Lorax (Remember to include abiotic factors too!).</p><p>6. Explain how a disruption in a population in the Land of the Lifted Lorax disrupted other populations and the stability of this ecosystem. 7. Write a two-step food chain in the Land of the Lifted Lorax and identify the producer and primary consumer (herbivore) in this short food chain.</p><p>8. Draw an energy pyramid for the Land of the Lifted Lorax. The producers level contains 50,000 kcal worth of energy. Label how much energy (the number) is contained in each of the higher up levels within the energy pyramid.</p><p>9. List and discuss two examples where a limiting factor being removed by the Once-ler and his family had an adverse effect on other populations in this ecosystem.</p><p>10. List three examples of where biodiversity is lost in the Land of the Lifted Lorax.</p><p>11. What is the Humming-Fish’s niche?</p>