Definitions
Organisms that can make their food from the sun
Producers
Grass
What is a Producer?
Krill eat plankton
Grey whales eat krill
Plankton eat algae
What is Algae -> Plankton -> Krill -> Grey Whales
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What is biotic?
What happens if the top predator dies?
what is the organisms that are eaten by the top predator will increase in population
Organisms that eat only meat
Carnivores
Fungi
What is a Decomposer?
Sea snails eat seaweed
Killer whales eat Sea Otters
Sea Otters eat Sea Snails
What is seaweed -> sea snails -> sea otters -> Killer whales
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What is abiotic
What happens to the sea otter population in this food chain if there is an increase in sea snails?
Sea weed-> sea snails -> sea otters -> killer whales
What is the sea otters population will increase
Organisms that break down dead animals
decomposers
Bear
What is an Omnivore?
tropical fish eat seaweed
Killer whales eat sea otters
Sea otters eat tropical fish
What is seaweed -> tropical fish -> sea otters -> killer whales
What is biotic?
What happens to the Krill population if the plankton die?
Algae -> plankton -> Krill -> grey whale
What is the krill population decreases
All of the living parts of an ecosystem
Biotic
Rabbits
What is a Herbivores?
Pelicans eat tropical fish
Tropical fish eat seaweed
What is seaweed -> tropical fish -> Pelicans
What is Biotic
What are two things that man is doing that could disrupt an ocean ecosystem
what is pollution and overfishing
The study of organisms and their environment
Ecology
Vultures
What is a Scavenger?
Seals always eels
Killer Whales eat seal
Eels eat ribbon grass
What is ribbon grass -> eels -> seals -> killer whales
I am the sun
What is Abiotic
What would happen if the producers died because of too much ultraviolet radiation from the sun?
What is the animals that eat the producers will decrease.