Rivers and Lakes
A way invasive species can threaten a habitat.
What is competition for food, space, etc?
The food that represented tentacles in your model coral polyp.
What is pretzels?
Describe what kelp is.
What is a big tall seaweed with floats and a hold fast?
The main challenge of living in the open ocean.
What is sheer size or difficulty finding food?
The main source of food in the deep sea.
What is Demetrius/detritus?
The animal that brings nutrients from the ocean back upstream to the forest?
What is salmon?
Name three parts of a coral polyp.
What is: tentacles, body, mouth, gut, algae, fastening glue?
The predatory animal that singlehandedly contained tidepool mussel populations.
What is a starfish?
The reason most open ocean animals are fast.
What is covering large distances or being the first to food?
The environmental challenge that requires animals to be squishy
What is water pressure?
Two reasons that fresh water supports large creatures.
What is supporting body weight, attracting prey?
Two reasons coral reefs support so much life.
What is providing food and shelter?
Sketch a kelp forest food pyramid BEFORE the inclusion of orcas (there should be three organisms involved).
Otters > Urchins > Kelp
The reason why many open ocean predators swim in groups.
What is finding and corralling food?
Name an advantage of deep-sea gigantism.
What is moving larger distances?
Ways that organisms can better withstand attacks from invasive species (think about the M&M game).
What is broadening their diet?
The reasons coral reefs can only exist in tropical areas (looking for two)
What is proper temperature and enough sunlight?
Define a keystone species.
What is a predator that has a severe impact on the ecosystem if it is removed?
Explain why going slow is a viable strategy in the open ocean.
What is using very little energy and letting currents bring you food and move you?
This animal sustains life in the open ocean and the deep sea AFTER it dies.
What is a whale?
A catastrophic event that sucks up all the oxygen from a lake, often caused by humans dumping chemicals.
What is an algae bloom?
The animal that hunted with the grouper to chase the fish out of hiding in the coral.
What is an octopus?
What is predators regulating prey as opposed to abundance of producers regulating prey?
Compare and contrast a jellyfish to a Portugese Man-o-war
What is both float around but the man-o-war is a collection of different animals?
These creatures synthesize energy from chemicals, acting as producers because there is no light for plants to grow with.
What is deep sea bacteria?