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An organism that drifts with the currents, is microscopic, and can sometimes reach lengths of over 100 feet.
What is plankton?
200
Living factors that affect a food web like what they eat, their population and where they live.
What is biotic?
200
A contest between living organisms to get their basic needs like space, food and light.
What is competition?
200
An animal that preys upon another animal.
What is a predator?
200
This organism contributes to over half of the earth's oxygen.
What is phytoplankton?
400
This is another name for animal plankton.
What is zooplankton?
400
Disintegrated matter made up of 95% Spartina grass and 5% algae, bacteria, fungi and animal matter.
What is detritus?
400
A network that combines several food chains where one plant or animal can be eaten by a range of consumers.
What is a food web?
400
An organism that can not create its own food, but must obtain it from another source.
What is a consumer?
400
This feature allows any living organism to do its job efficiently, improving its chances of survival.
What is an adaptation?
600

Phytoplankton absorb sunlight and turn the sun's energy into organic material through this process.

What is photosynthesis?

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The sun is the most important non-living factor for all living things. It is an...
What is an abiotic factor?
600
A community of organisms interacting with each other and the environment in which they live.
What is an ecosystem?
600

An organism that is able to synthesize its food by breaking down another organism. Daily Double

What is a decomposer?

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These tiny animals swim up to the water's surface at night to feed on phytoplankton.
What is zooplankton?
800
This is another name for plant plankton.
What is phytoplankton?
800
Another name for non-living factors that influence a food web such as the wind, waves, tides and sun.
What is abitoic?
800
The chain of events where a plant is eaten by an herbivore, the herbivore is eaten by the carnivore, and so on.
What is a food chain?
800
An animal that is hunted or caught for food.
What is prey?
800
This is the place where a plant or animal are naturally able to do their job.
What is a habitat?
1000

There are 64 of these designated areas extending seaward of all the continents. Daily Double

What are Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs)?

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Biotic and Abiotic factors combine to create a specific system.
What is an ecosystem?
1000
This place is occupied by a species in its ecosystem; it is where it lives, what is eats, its foraging route, and its season of activity.
What is a niche?
1000
This organism synthesizes its own food by absorbing sunlight to create simple sugars.
What is a producer?
1000

An event that leads to a minor or major change in an ecosystem, like a hurricane.

What is a disturbance?

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