Vocabulary
a model that shows what eats what in an ecosystem
What is a food web?
This organism lives in the ocean and mostly eats zooplankton as it drifts through the water.
What is a moon jelly?
This resource is commonly found in the oceans and is consumed by moon jellies and sardines.
What is zooplankton?
a molecule that organisms can use to release the energy needed to survive
What is an energy storage molecule?
a group of atoms joined together in a particular way
What is a molecule?
What is a sea turtle?
This organism is both a resource and a consumer, but is a main resource for sea turtles.
What is jellyfish or moon jellies?
The common name of sucrose, which is a very sweet tasting molecule.
What is sugar?
living things, such as plants, animals, and bacteria
What are organisms?
Often called the "King of the Jungle", this is one of the most iconic consumer organisms.
What is a lion?
This organism produces sucrose in high quantities, and its name matches the sweet ingredient in many candies.
What is sugar cane?
Potatoes contain a large amount of this type of molecule.
What is starch?
a group of the same type of organism living in the same area
What is a population?
This organism is the largest consumer species in terms of physical size on the planet.
What is a blue whale?
This type of organism is the main source of energy storage molecules for most grazing animals.
What is grass?
This molecule is created and stored on animals and is often said to be where all of the flavor is from in meat.
What is fat?
the process of creating offspring
What is reproduction?
This organism finds its storage molecules from a wider variety of sources than any other organism.
What is humans?
This is the general term for all resource populations that humans grow for food.
What is crops?
This is a common thing to give your loved ones on Valentines Day because it has a lot of energy storage molecules in it.
What is chocolate?