Vocabulary
What is hydroponics?
The process of growing plants without soil
What is an interaction?
When two objects have an effect upon each other.
True or False? Each thing in the food web indirectly impacts everything else in the Oceanic Food Web.
True.
How many other types of lamprey are there besides the Sea Lamprey?
4 other types.
How do plants reproduce?
By forming seeds
What is reproduction?
The process of making a copy of something
What is a microbiologist?
They are a scientist that study tiny forms of life.
What is the starting plant of the oceanic food web?
Phytoplankton is the starting plant.
Where do native lamprey lay their eggs?
In streams
How do the dandelion seeds get around?
By the wind.
What are the two types of carbohydrate?
Simple carbohydrate and complex carbohydrate.
What is a botanist?
Botanists are people that study plants.
What effect will a decrease of phytoplankton have on the other animals in the oceanic food web?
A decrease in every other animal in the food web because it is the starting source.
How many eggs does a female lamprey?
60,000 to 100,000 eggs
How do apple seeds get around?
They get around by animals eating them and then they get down in that animal's waste.
Where can you find complex carbohydrates?
Bread, pasta, and some vegetables.
What does a primatoligist study?
A primatoligist studies mammals.
What is at the top of the oceanic food web?
Sperm Whale
How long is a sea lamprey?
55 centimeters
Where does duckweed grow?
It grows in the water
What is bioaccumulation?
When an animal or object starts to get larger
What is a herbicide?
A chemical substance that kills plants
What is a major cause that could cause ocean-floor species to quickly disappear.
Warmer waters.
How many gill slits does the lamprey have?
It has 7 gill slits
What is another name for maple seeds?
Maple seeds are called helicopters