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N.R.G.
Food (2) Chains
Also Known As...
From Shore to Shore
The Open Waters
100
The most common source of energy for all primary producers.
What is sunlight?
100
How an organism gets its food; "who eats who" in an ecosystem
What is a Food Chain?
100
Herbivore
What is primary consumer?
100
Ecosystem with the greatest abundance of shorebirds and few places to hide
What is a Sandy Shore?
100
A mixture of fresh and salt water
What is brackish water?
200
The amount of energy that is passed on from one stage in a Food Chain to the next.
What is 10%?
200
All the interlocking chains in an ecosystem; sometimes organisms are on more than one level in this chart
What is a Food Web?
200
Second Level Consumer
What is a carnivore?
200
Ecosystem with the highest difference in tidal heights
What is a Rocky Shore?
200
"Where the river meets the sea"
What is an Estuary?
300
Each stage in a Food Web is labeled with this term
What is a trophic level?
300
There's more of this at the bottom than there is at the top; this supports a lot of producers, but not as many consumers
What is energy?
300
Heterotroph
What is a consumer?
300
Ecosystem famous for having "tide pools"
What is a Rocky Shore?
300
Only found in shallow, tropical or subtropical waters, home to the highest biodiversity of any marine ecosystem
What is a Coral Reef?
400
A diagram which shows the flow of energy from one organism to the next, with more organisms at the bottom than at the top
What is the Energy Pyramid?
400
Always found "to the side" of the Food Web; break down decaying or dead waste to recycle energy back into the ecosystem
What is a decomposer?
400
Primary Producer
What is an autotroph?
400
Ecosystem dominated by grasses, many of which form into layers of decaying organic matter known as "peat"
What is a Salt Marsh?
400
The keystone species of the Kelp Forest, making them vital to the balance of the Food Web
What is a sea otter?
500
Photosynthetic producers generate about 54,000 grams of energy. This is the amount left for the organisms at the 4th level of the Food Web.
What is 54 grams of energy?
500
Consumers of the consumers; organisms that have no natural predators
What is an apex predator?
500
Nonliving
What is abiotic?
500
You will find shallow, tropical waters here, with plenty of low-lying trees to keep you company
What is a Mangrove Forest?
500
90% of the Earth's oxygen is produced by this massive region, covering 3/4 of the planet's surface
What is the Marine Biome?