Marine Science - Spring 2022 Final

auto-

• self, own

• food, nourishment

• different

hetero-

• At or near the sea floor.

• same

• different

producer

• An organism that makes it own food.

• food, nourishment

• An organism that eats other plants/animals for food

consumer

• An organism that eats other plants/animals for energy.

• different

• An organism that makes it own food

Decomposer

• bottom of the ocean

• organism that breaks down and gets energy from dead matter

• An organism that makes it own food.

Heterotroph

• An organism that eats other plants/animals for energy/food

• at or near the sea floor

• An organism that makes its own food

ecosystem

• A community of organisms and their environment

• A series in which organisms (plants and animals) transfer energy by eating and being eaten

• a living organism

food chain

• A series in which organisms (plants and animals) transfer energy by eating and being eaten

• A community of organisms and their environment

• Tiny algae and animals that float in water

organism

• Any living thing (ie: plant or animals)

• non-living things

• a fishnet dragged through the water to collect things

Food Web

• multiple food chains that are connected; overlapping food chains

• A single set of steps in which organisms (plants and animals) transfer energy

• A community of organisms and their environment