29.Ocean Food Webs

• EQ: What are the different aquatic ecosystems? Why are they so important to life on Earth?

• LT:I can identify the organisms within various trophic levels in aquatic ecosystems (such as estuary, wetlands and oceans) .

• POU: I will differentiate between plankton, nekton, and benthos.

• I will identify the different types of animals in the ocean.

• I will identify key properties of Earth’s oceans.

Welcome! It’s Tuesday 3/11/14

WARM UP:1. What is an ecosystem?

2. What is the difference between a PRODUCER and a PRIMARY CONSUMER?

• Please record your responses at www.goo.gl/vta7d1

The food web show the interactions between organisms in a meadow ecosystem

• Which organism gets food energy directly from both plants and animals?

How are estuaries connected to oceanic organisms?

A. Estuaries provide a nursery grounds for oceanic organisms

B. Estuaries provide sunlight for oceanic organisms.

C. Estuaries provide primary food for oceanic organisms.

D. Estuaries provide excess dissolved oxygen for oceanic organisms

HW: What’s for lunch or dinner?

Create your own food chain based on a recent meal.

Label each item in the meal, diagram where the food item comes from

Label the different trophic levels

This is a HOMEWORK assignment due Friday 3/14/14

Table of Contents 1

Title Assignment #Water Properties Webquest 8Water Cycle Brainpop 9Water Cycle Vocabulary 10Water on Earth Notes 11River Basin Notes 12River Basin Vocab 13River Basin Scavenger Hunt 14Estuaries Notes 15Wetlands 16Diagram River Basin to Estuary 17Wetlands and Estuaries Vocab 18Estuary Ecosystems 19

Ocean Food Webs 20

Ocean Food Webs20

•Plant life: small, unicellular plant cells, photosynthesizing algae, & seaweeds.

• Animal life: Many different types, sizes, species.

Here is the Energy Web:

Suns Energy

Plants, Algae & Photoplankton (“Producers” - do photosynthesis)

Animals & Zooplankton

(“Consumers” - Eat to get energy)

Types of Animals in the Ocean• Plankton = Floating

animal (usually one to a few cells)

• Nekton = Swimming, maneuvering animals (fish, sharks, seals, etc.)

• Benthos = Bottom dweller (on or in the seafloor)

Plankton

Nekton

Benthos (ex. Halibut)

TED Video: Secret Life of Plankton (5:40 minutes) http://www.ted.com/talks/

the_secret_life_of_plankton?utm_source=newsletter_weekly_2012-04-03&utm_campaign=newsletter_weekly&utm_medium=email#

Popplet: Create an Ocean Food Web• You need 3 plankton, 3 nekton, and 3

benthos in your food web.• You also need at least one

TERRESTRIAL (a.k.a. land) organism that eats something in your Ocean food web.

• This is due by Friday 3/14/14

Google Drive: To SUBMIT YOUR WORK1. Log in to your Google

Drive account2. Use your

zscalerusername@dpsnc.net and your zscalerpassword to login

3. Create a new folder and label it 6.Name.Science.Folder

• Click the i or on your folder• Tap the Share icon• Type my email address:• cynthia.stoffregen@dpsnc.net• Click “✔”

• Put the following items in the Folder (upload to your google drive, then – Water Cycle Travel Log– Picture of Page 17– Food Chain Activity– Ocean Food Web Popplet