Saltwater Marsh Food Web

In a saltwater marsh food web, phytoplankton is a...

• consumer

• scavenger

• decomposer

• producer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

All these organisms use sunlight to make food, except...

• cordgrass

• sea oats

• fungus

• phytoplankton

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

The secondary consumer is a...

• great blue heron

• bobolink

• clam

• snail

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

In a saltwater marsh, all these are birds except the...

• herring gull

• snowy egret

• bobolink

• mummichog

The raccoon is a...

• plant

• herbivore

• omnivore

• producer

Which of these animals is at the top of the food chain?

• grass shrimp

• clam

• raccoon

• phytoplankton

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

All these animals are fish eaters except...

• bobolink

• snowy egret

• osprey

• great blue heron

Which of these animals has a backbone...

• striped bass

• green crab

• clam

• snail