Ecosystems
Mangroves, coral reefs, arctic, kelp forests
Sea turtles often eat jellyfish, what manmade pollution item do they unfortunately often confuse with jellyfish?
plastic grocery bags
Where are Apex Predators in a food chain or web? Give an example of an ocean apex predator.
Apex predators are animals found at the top of their food web/chain with no natural predators. Example: Orca/Killer Whale, Great White Shark.
How many growing chambers do we have in our hydroponic system?
2
True or False: chemicals from plastic enter our bodies when we drink or eat from plastic bowls/cups/bottles
true
Define an ecosystem
a group of biotic and abiotic things interacting in a shared environment
What is the most significant greenhouse gas in terms of climate change?
Carbon dioxide, CO2
What is the role of worms, bacteria, and fungi in a food web? (Hint: they often live at the bottom of the ocean)
Decomposers
How many netpods do we have in our hydroponic system?
10
True or False: plastic has entered out food chain through marine animals.
In order for a ecosystem to be healthy, it must have MANY DIFFERENT TYPES species living in it (plants and animals). This is known as:
Biodiversity
Burning fossil fuels (oil and gas) is the most significant contributer to climate change. What are 3 ways we use oil in our daily lives?
electricity, cars, heat, planes, clothing, plastic products, cooking
put them in the correct food chain order bottom to top: sea urchin, otter, orca, kelp
kelp, sea urchin, otter, orca
How is Harlem Grown's Impact farm powered?
Solar Panels
What are the aliens in Happy Feet?
humans
What does abotic and biotic mean?
Nonliving and living
Name 2 ways climate change is affecting our oceans (hint: climate change refers to increased global temperatures)
sea level rise, warming oceans, coral bleaching, iceberg/glaciers melting, habitat loss, etc
How do producers make their own food? Name the process. 200 point bonus: what is the name of the producer that is the base of and therefore the most important producer in many ocean ecosystem food chains.
photosynthesis. Bonus answer: phytoplankton.
What is the name of the bucket that holds the water that gets pumped to the plants?
Reservoir
Give 2 examples of ocean animals that had consumed (eaten) plastic that we saw in A Plastic Ocean
whales, birds, fish, dolphins, zooplankton
Give an example of 2 living things and 1 nonliving thing that exist in an ocean ecosystem
How many days did the Deep Water Horizon oil spill leak into the ocean?
87 days
What is the difference between a food chain and a food web
A food web consists of many food chains. A food chain only follows just one path as animals find food. A food web shows the many different and overlapping paths plants and animals are connected.
Do hydroponic systems waste or conserve water compared to soil farming?
Conserve. However, they do required an energy source.
What are 2 major ocean issues referred to in Happy Feet?
pollution and overfishing