Key Concepts
Organisms need energy from ______ storage molecules in order to reproduce.
energy
Stability
when something stays mostly the same over time
Who eats the algae?
Zooplankton
moon jellies eat ________.
zooplankton
Within a population organisms are always being ____ and dying.
born
Ecosystem
all the living and non-living things interacting in a particular area
Who eats the weebugs (in the sim)?
Furbils
__________ eat moon jellies.
Pacific Leatherback Sea Turtles
If the number if births and deaths in a given time are ______, then the population size will be equal.
equal
Reproduction
Who eats the moon jelly?
Pacific Leatherback Sea Turtles
moon jellies travel in _______ groups, allowing the currents to move them.
large
The larger the _________ population, the more energy storage molecules are available for its consumer populations.
resource
Energy Storage Molecule
a molecule that organisms can use to release the energy they need to survive
Who eats the zooplankton?
Walleye Pollock, Moon Jelly
In order to reproduce, moon jellies do not actually _____.
mate
If there are ______ births than deaths in a given time, then the size of the population will increase. If there are _____ births than deaths, then the size of the population will decrease.
more, fewer
Resource Population
a population that is eaten by organisms from another population
Who eats the stingwings (in the sim)?
Nobody
Moon jellies ______* sting.
*do/do not
do