Trophic Levels
Organisms that belong at the lowest trophic level, and can photosynthesize
What are Producers?
Name one or more of the producers in the Arctic Ocean Biome (from presentation)
What are Ice Diatom and Dinoflagellata? (Algae and Phytoplankton)
_____________ percent of energy gets passed throughout each trophic level
What is 10%?
__________ are organisms that break down dead or decaying species? (part of food webs)
What are decomposers?
An example of a common species in the Arctic or Arctic Ocean?
Answers may vary!
Organisms that are considered to be herbivores, belonging on the second trophic level
What are Primary Consumers?
Name one or more of the primary consumers (from presentation)
What are Krill and Copepod?
What energy percent do producers begin with?
What is 100%?
Source that initiates plant production in food webs/chains?
What is the sun?
A thick layer of fat, found on walruses, polar bears, etc?
What is blubber?
Organisms that belong on the third trophic level, who are carnivores and omnivores
What are Secondary Consumers?
Name one or more secondary consumers (from presentation)
What are Bow head whale, Arctic Cod, and Seabirds?
What energy percent do primary consumers get?
What is 10%
What happens if a trophic level would be taken out in a food web?
What Hemisphere is the Arctic Ocean located in?
What is the Northern Hemisphere?
Organisms that belong on the fourth trophic level, eating secondary consumers
What are Tertiary Consumers?
Name one ore more tertiary consumers (from presentation)
What are Seal and Beluga Whale?
What energy percent do secondary consumers get?
What is 1%
What is a food web/What does it represent?
What is a diagram made from many food chains that shows the feeding relationships of organsims in an ecosystem!
Where are the Tundra and Arctic Ocean located?
What is the Arctic Circle?
Organisms that belong on the last known trophic level, consuming tertiary consumers
What are Quaternary Consumers?
Name the Quaternary Consumer (from presentation)
What is the Killer Whale?
What energy percent do tertiary consumers get?
What is 0.1%?
On average, how long does it take to decompose an organism? (Take a Wild Guess!)
What is a range from a few days to 20 years depending on the organism!
A crack in a glacier is known as a ______________.
What is a crevasse?