Food Chain
Organisms that get energy from eating producers or other consumers.
Consumers
What is the name of the community where oysters live?
reef
Which animal lives in the oyster reef? bass, hermit crab, or striped blenny
Striped blenny
What did people use to scoop the oysters from the bay by hand?
Tongs
Organisms that consume dead plants and animals.
Decomposers
The most important job an oyster provides for the Bay.
Filters the water.
An oyster needs more than _____ppt to survive in the water.
5
This tool harvested oysters faster than tongs.
Dredge
Producer
The length of time it takes the Chesapeake Bay to be filtered by an oyster.
once a year
An oyster reef would be found in what type of water?
Brackish
Name one disease that caused the decline in oysters.
MSX or Dermo
An animal that feeds on dead plants and animals.
Scavenger
When the oyster cleans the bay, it makes it easier for them to breathe.
Fish
In what type of water would you find an oyster reef? stream, bay, river
Bay
This type of weather brought lots of sediment and rainfall to the bay, which buried the oyster reefs.
Hurricane
Grass-->rabbit-->fox
What would the rabbit be in the food chain?
consumer
When the oyster cleans the bay, it provides sunlight to shine through so the ____________ can grow.
Plants
Name 3 things the oyster reef provides for animals.
Food, water, and space.
Name one other reason of why oysters declined.
Overharvesting