Biotic, Abiotic, Food Chains & Webs
trees, plants, leaves and dead branches are all examples of this type of factor
What is biotic?
What is photosynthesis?
The formal name for seaweed
What is macroalgae?
Oceanographers use these two things to name ocean gyres
What is ocean basin and hemisphere?
Before starting a lab, you should always _____
And if you get lost an don't know what you are doing, always ask _____
What is read the directions, and ask the teacher?
Air, water, temperature, rocks are all examples of this type of factor
What is abiotic?
Zooplankton get energy by ____
What is consuming other organisms?
This anatomical part of the algae helps the blades and other parts float to the surface of the ocean to photosynthesize
What is the pneumatocyst?
This determines the three main types of climate zones
What is latitude?
Who is the tecaher?
A single path of energy from one organism to another
EX:
sun -> grass -> grasshopper -> mouse -> snake
What is a food chain?
The sun is the starting point of energy for all marine food webs EXCEPT for this process, where energy comes from elsewhere
What is chemosynthesis?
Seaweeds are classified by this
What is their pigment?
The source of energy that drives Earth's winds
What is the sun?
This process brings surface water down to the deeper parts of the ocean
What is downwelling?
What is a complex network of interconnected food chains
Food web?
Photosynthesis adds this to the air and water as a byproduct
What is oxygen?
The dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico is said to be indirectly caused by this
What is excessive nutrients from farm fertilizers?
This process also known as ___ brings colder, deep nutrient-dense ocean water to the surface.
What is upwelling?
The name of large masses of moving air caused by uneven heating of the Earth
What is global winds?
In this food chain, if snakes were to be eliminated, the populations of grasshoppers would ____ and the population of grass would ____
Sun → grass → grasshopper → mouse → snake
What is decrease and increase?
These small creatures are extremely important because they produce more than half of the air we breathe, and serve as the base of almost every marine food web
What are coral polyps, and essentially coral reefs, made of?
What is calcium carbonate?
Earth's global winds are essentially driven by this, which is driven by the unequal heating of the Earth's surface by the sun
What is convection currents?
Because convection cells are in place in the atmosphere, and Earth is spinning (rotation) on its axis, global winds appear to curve to the right or clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and the left or counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. This phenomenon is known as the ______ _____
What is the coiriolis effect?