Types of Ecosystems
An ecosystem that covers the majority of the world.
What is Open Oceans?
What are autotrophs?
An underwater mountain.
What is a sea mount?
C6H12O6
What is glucose?
Dracula would be jealous of this type of deep sea creature.
What is a vampire squid?
Tide pools, starfish, and anemones - oh my!
What is rocky shores?
Vegetarians could be classified as this kind of consumer.
What is Primary consumers?
Most islands are made up of this, only cooled down and hardened.
What is magma?
Water is considered this type of molecule because it has a positive and negative end.
What is polar?
These large, herd animals have a very complex emotional hierarchy within their families.
What are orcas (killer whales)?
What is polar ocean?
These consumers are at the very top of the food chain, some even are considered apex predators.
What are tertiary consumers?
This type of fault line typically creates large mountains because two plates are being forced together.
What is convergent?
This is the term for how concentrated salt is in ocean water.
What is salinity?
This candy-colored crustacean's name is strikingly similar to a vibrant land bird.
What is a peacock-mantis shrimp?
You may find a vampire squid or bioluminescent organisms here.
What is Deep Sea / Hydrothermal Vents?
The amount of energy that is produced and stored as biomass.
A flat stretch of land underneath the ocean that does not change in elevation.
What is an abyssal plain?
A strong, temporary bond between a negative and positive atom (typically H).
This furry crab can be found in the deepest parts of the ocean.
What is the yeti crab?
What is estuaries?
Hermit crabs. Raccoons. Seals.
This is the deepest place in the whole ocean.
What is the Mariana Trench?
Due to this phenomena, water striders can walk on water.
What is surface tension?
This worm is named for a popular holiday.
What is the Christmas Tree Worm?