Producers & Food Webs
What term describes organisms, like algae, that make their own food using sunlight?
What are producers?
Which ocean zone has the most light and the most producers performing photosynthesis?
What is the Sunlight Zone?
Which adaptation do some deep predators use to attract prey, like lanternfish?
What is bioluminescence?
This type of human-made debris is commonly trapped in ocean gyres.
What is plastic?
In the sentence "Playing and running energetically contradict her saying she feels tired," what does contradict mean?
What is to show the opposite of?
In the trophic pyramid, which organism (Photoplankton or Zooplankton) is a type of plankton that is a primary consumer?
What are Zooplankton?
Which zone would you expect to find organisms adapted to darkness and high pressure?
Strangely, Kelp is not a plant but is a type of organism
Alge
This is one harmful effect of plastic in the ocean.
Plastic contains toxins that can make organisms sick.
Which item is an example of something in clusters: bunches of grapes, boxes of crayons, a soccer ball on a lawn?
What are bunches of grapes?
What do we call organisms that break down dead plants and animals and return materials to the environment?
What are Decomposers?
The name of the deepest parts of the ocean.
What is the Hadal Zone?
A mollusk this type of organism.
What is a clam?
Which of these is NOT a job done by marine biologists according to the exam: collecting information, studying marine animals, or making laws?
Making laws about the oceans.
What does the word entangled mean in the sentence, "The cat was entangled in the yarn and couldn't move."
What is to be wrapped up in or caught?
How many steps away from the sun is a secondary consumer in a given trophic pyramid?
What is 3?
The ocean feature is formed by large circular-moving currents that can trap marine debris.
What is a Gyre?
Explain how a chameleon's changing color is an adaptation.
Ballpark Answer...
It helps the lizard blend into its habitat, protecting it from predators or helping it hunt.
Explain why plastic can also make it hard for producers to make food.
Ballpark Answer...
If plastic blocks sunlight in the water, it can reduce photosynthesis for producers.
Choose the correct word: The ____ of Ray Charles gives factual information about his life.
(choices: biology, biography, biochemist)
What is biography?
Explain why energy decreases as you move up the trophic pyramid.
Ballpark Answer...
Energy is lost at each step as heat and through life processes, so less energy is available to higher-level consumers.
Give two reasons why sunlight zone organisms are different from those in the midnight zone.
Ballpark Answer...
The sunlight zone has light for photosynthesis and warmer temperatures; the midnight zone is dark, colder, and organisms rely on other energy sources.
Describe how producers, consumers, and decomposers are connected in an ocean food web
Ballpark Answer...
Producers make food with sunlight or chemicals; consumers eat producers or other consumers; decomposers break down dead organisms, recycling nutrients back to producers.
What actions can students take to reduce ocean plastic pollution, and explain how they help?
Various...
Examples:
Reduce single-use plastics
Participate in cleanups—these reduce the amount of plastic entering waterways and oceans.
Explain why the connecting word "because" is used in the sentence "Kelp is not a plant because it does not have roots.
It gives a reason why kelp is not a plant.