My Ocean Ecosystem

Introduction

This will be about my ocean ecosystem. Enjoy! 

Task

When you click here ------->  http://www.biologyreference.com/Oc-Ph/Ocean-Ecosystems-Open-Ocean.html#ixzz3G4miRz1h

You will learn things about the Ocean/Aquatic ecosystem. Hope you take notes about it. A surprise will come your way..... 

Process

In a ocean ecosystem, the food chain is somewhat simple, but food web is diffucult. On a sheet of paper, make a food chain and web of the ecosystem. Here's an example of a food web:

Evaluation

Too Little

If something in the chain/web, lets say for instance, the krill. If the krill where to disappear or become extinct, what do you think might happen to the chain/web?

The answer will be that everything that ate the krill will become extinct. Unless they find a new source. But the krill is the main one that they eat, so... Also, that means the consumers(2) that ate the consumers(1) will either become extinct, or find and fight for another source they found.

Too Much

Now, if there where too much of... lets say herring. If there was too much of the herring, they would fight to eat the krill and soon, they will become extinct.

Conclusion

The conclusion for here  is that either way if something is too little or too much, the result is the same: extinct or fight for found/already there.

Conclusion

SURPRISE!!!

QUIZ TIME!!!!!!

Told ya there was gonna be a surprise. What you will need is the following:

1. Paper

2. Pen/pencil(pencil is best)

3. notes

4. brains

(You CAN NOT look back on the website)

----------------Quiz--------------Time------------

1. What is the 'open realm of water' called?

2. How many regions does it have?

3. How many things make up the result in a diversity of environments?

4. The active swimmers that inhabit the open ocean are called?

5. Photosynthesis by _______ is directly or indirectly the primary food source for all marine life?Wait until everybody or your done. Check over your answers. Now time for......
ANSWERS:
1. pelagic zone 2. 3 (continental shelf,  neritic province, and oceanic province) 3. 5 (Gradations in light, temperature, water chemistry, nutrient content, and pressure) 4. nekton 5. phytoplankton

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