4.7 Oceans

An ocean is a/an __________ ecosystem.

• marine

• rain forest

• savanna

• fresh water

The word "marine" means anything that is found in, or made by, the sea.

• True

• False

_______________ break down dead plants and animals in the ocean, helping to release energy back into the ecosystem.

• Producers

• Consumers

• Decomposers

___________________ get their energy by eating other organisms.

• Producers

• Consumers

• Decomposers

Select all the Swimming Organisms below:

• Sharks

• Plankton

• Fish

• Coral

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Select all the Floating Organisms below:

• Sharks

• Plankton

• Fish

• Phytoplankton

When water evaporates from the surface of the ocean, does that increase or decrease the salinity of the ocean water?

• Increase the salinity

• Decrease the salinity

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Which Organisim in the Food web gets its energy from the Sun?

• Large shark

• Tuna

• Small Fish

• Phytoplankton

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Using the Ocean Food web, which answer gives the correct order of an ocean food chain?

• Large shark, Tuna, Mackeral, Small fish

• Mackeral, Small Fish, Tuna, Shark

• One-celled like, shrimp-like creatures, small fish, Tuna, Shark.

• One-celled life, shrimp-like creatures, mackeral, tuna, shark.

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Algae and other producers need a lot of sunlight to survive in the ocean. Which part of the ocean would they most likely live in?

• Abyssal plain

• Trench

• Continental Shelf

• Continental Slope

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