chapter 12 Life in the ocean Flashcards
(45 cards)
living things can
capture, store, transmit energy, and reproduce
photosyntheses
certain bacteria, algae, & green plants use sunlight to create glucose (releases oxygen)
chemosynthesis
some bacteria and archaea use chemical energy to create glucose
Primary productivity
Synthesis of organic molecules from inorganic ones
Through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis
Trophic pyramid
shows feeding relationship
autotrophs
organisims make their own food with photosynthesis or chemosynthesis
heterotrophs
get food from other organisms (can not make their own food)
Primary producer
can use energy rich chemicals to produce their own food (Autotrophs) bottom of tropic pyramid
(photoplankton)
primary consumers
Heterotrophs that eat autotrophs (primary producers) concumer of primary producers (zooplankton)
secondary consumers
heterotrophs that consume primary producers or other secondary consumers (larve and smaller fish)
top consumers
consume primary sonsumers heterotrophs at top usually carnivores
food web
Group of organisms linked by complex feeding relationships Almost always have feeding choices
Limiting factor
Physical or biological factor that limits normal
action of organisms
photic zone
uppermost layer of sea water where light is present
aphotic zone
benieth photic zone no light
euphotic zone
Upperpartofphoticzone with enough light for photosynthesis
Ectothermic
organisms
internal temperature equals external temp (cold blooded)
endothermic organisms
stable, hight internal temperature (warm blooded)
plagic zone
oceans open water including neritic and oceanic zone
neritic zone
water over continental shel and near shore
oceanic zone
deep water beyond continental shelf
littural zone
Above low tide, below
high tide (intertidal)
coast covered by tidal action
natural selection
how life survives, only life adapted to survive and reproduce in their environment.
By Charles Darwin
More offspring are produced in a group than can survive
Random variations in traits occur in all populations
Some traits are inherited
Some inherited traits increase odds of survival
Survival increases odds of passing favorable traits on
The environment determines which traits are favorable
If environment changes, traits that are favorable change
adaptation
inherited structural or behavioral modification that provide an advantage in a given environment