Vocabulary 1
Putting things in groups based on their similarities.
Classify
The green part of plants that helps turn sunlight into food.
Chlorophyll
How are humans connected to ocean life?
Answers will vary... food chain, over fishing/hunting , conservation,
When you try to find out more about something.
investigate
To make something appear larger.
Magnify
Compare the role of the ocean sunfish to the role of the jellies in the ocean food web.
Ocean sunfish eat the jellies and sardines so they don't over populate, the jellies do the same for the zooplankton and phytoplankton.
To watch something or someone closely.
Observe
To give an idea.
Propose
Construct (verbally) a 3 animal/plant food chain and tell where the energy goes.
Answers may very... grass's energy goes to a rabbit, a rabbit's energy goes to a fox, a fox's energy will go to a mountain lion
Things found in food that help plants, animals, and people survive.
Nutrients
To learn and Know a lot about one thing.
Specialize
What would happen if we didn't have microscopes?
Answers will vary... We might not have discovered phytoplankton or zooplankton, we might not of discovered germs and how to cure sicknesses
Something that lets you see very small things.
Microscope
The process that plants use to make their food.
Photosynthesis
How does phytoplankton effect humans.
They give us oxygen.