Food
What is the purpose for consuming food?
To get energy!
What is one line of a food web called?
Food Chain
True or False - The Sea Lamprey is native to the Great Lakes?
False!
The trout population was affected by the sea lampreys? True or false
True!
What is biology the student of?
The study of living things
Is water food?
No, because In order for something to be considered "food", it has to have nutrients. Water has no nutrients.
An organism that hunts and consumes other organisms....is?
A predator
What predators does the see lamprey have in the Great Lakes?
none!
Half Body Swimmers
What are at least 2 reasons populations increase and descrease?
Weather, Invasive Species, Predators , and Overpopulation, etc.
How do Plants Make their Energy?
Building Materials Using Light and Water!
What's a direct interaction?
When the population of one species is directly impacted by the increase or decrease of another species' population. They are directly connected in the food chain.
What is unique about the sea lamprey breathes?
It has 7 gills, so it is able to breath while still staying attached to the fish it's consuming
The trout rely on their mouth and their gills, they have less gills than the sea lamprey, to breath.
What type of organism uses photosynthesises to get it's energy?
Plants
What is In Food That Gives Energy?
Carbohydrates!
What's an indirect interaction?
When the population of one species is indirectly impacted by the increase or decrease of another species' population. They are indirectly connected in the food chain.
What kind of swimmer is the sea lamprey?
S-Swimmer
Which organism did you enjoy dissecting more? Give your why!
Detailed answer earns 400 pts
An organism which is not naturally found in a habitat...is?
An invasive species
What are three substances/nutrients in food?
Proteins, Carbohydrates, and Fat
An environment with many populations of living things in a specific region or place and these organisms are all interconnected....is?
An ecosystem!
How does the lamprey eat?
It sucks the blood of other animals, which directly gives it the nutrients it needs to live. It doesn't need a stomach to break it down, since the nutrients are already broken down. It gets to the blood by drilling into the fish until it catches a blood vessel.
How many Great Lakes are there?
Name them!
Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior
Name an invasive species besides sea lampreys?
answers will vary