AICE Marine Science Unit 2 Part 2 Vocab

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Organism that produces its own food energy

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Producer

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Producer using light energy for food

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Photoautotroph

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Producer using chemical energy for food

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Chemoautotroph

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Animal that feeds on others for energy

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Consumer

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Describing feeding relationships in a linear sequence

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Food Chain

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Describes how food chains interrelate in an ecosystem

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Food Web

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Position in a food chain or web

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Trophic Level

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Animal that kills and eats others for food

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Predator

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An animal eaten by predators

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Prey

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Aquatic invertebrates used as food, including shelled molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms like bivalves, crabs, lobsters, and sea urchins.

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Shellfish