Marine Food Chains, Webs, and Pyramids

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What shows a network of feeding relationships?

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Food Web

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An organism that eats both plants and animals is called a:

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Omnivore

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An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy is known as a:

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Heterotroph

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Arrows in food webs symbolize the direction of ______ flow.

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Energy

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An organism that gets energy from eating other things is called a:

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Consumer

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What is the primary producer in a marine food chain?

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Phytoplankton

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What is a carnivore?

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An organism that primarily eats other animals.

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What is a herbivore?

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An organism that primarily eats plants.

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What is a food chain?

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A linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another.

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What is a pyramid of biomass?

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A graphical representation showing the total mass of living matter at each trophic level.