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3. The vocabulary term for a non-living factor within an ecosystem.

4. What is abiotic?

5. The vocabulary term for a living organism within an ecosystem.

6. What is biotic?

7. Climate, fire, water, and clouds are this type of factor.

8. What is abiotic?

9. Dolphins, tuna, sharks, and squids are all this type of factor.

10. What is biotic?

11. Dead whale bodies act as a food source for animals at the bottom of the ocean. They are classified as this type of factor.

12. What is biotic?

13. This is what organisms that make their own food are called.

14. What is autotrophic (producers)?

15. Organisms that must eat other organisms to receive energy are called this.

16. What is heterotrophic (consumers)?

17. This is the name for the diagram that shows a line of organisms in which each organism gets eaten by the organism above it. It is not the most accurate representation of how energy passes through an ecosystem.

18. What is a food chain?

19. This is the name of the diagram in which numerous organisms are depicted eating and being eaten by many other different organisms. It is the most accurate representation of how energy travels through an ecosystem.

20. What is a food web?

21. This is the name of the third trophic level in a food chain, not counting the sun.
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22. What is secondary consumer?

23. A clownfish and an anemone both benefit from their type of relationship.

24. What is mutualism?

25. An isopod lives inside the gills of a fish, harming but not killing it
An isopod lives inside the gills of a fish, harming but not killing it. The isopod receives food and shelter, and the fish is negatively impacted in this type of relationship.

26. What is parasitism?

27. A barnacle on the back of a whale gets a free ride around the ocean to better feeding grounds, and the whale is not impacted in this type of relationship.

28. What is commensalism?

29. Sharks feed upon smaller fish, such as sardines
Sharks feed upon smaller fish, such as sardines. The shark receives energy when it kills and eats the sardine in this type of relationship.

30. What is predator-prey?

31. Lionfish exist in the Florida Keys and have no natural predators
Lionfish exist in the Florida Keys and have no natural predators. They are breeding, increasing their population, and using up resources of native fish species, making them this type of species.

32. What is invasive?

33. The zone between high tide and low tide.

34. What is intertidal?

35. The zone located from the surface to 200m.

36. What is epipelagic?

37. The zone from 4000m to the ocean floor.

38. What is abyssopelagic?

39. The zone from 200m to 1000m.

40. What is mesopelagic?

41. The zone located within deep sea trenches.

42. What is hadylpelagic?

43. This is the amount of living things that can exist within a certain area or ecosystem.

44. What is the carrying capactiy?

45. This is the vocabulary term for resources that control the size of the population.

46. What is limiting factors?

47. In a game of musical chairs, there are only 9 chairs but 10 students
In a game of musical chairs, there are only 9 chairs but 10 students. The chairs are an example of this vocab term.

48. What is a limiting factor?

49. In a game of musical chairs, there are only 9 chairs but 10 students
In a game of musical chairs, there are only 9 chairs but 10 students. 9 is an example of this vocab term.

50. What is carrying capacity?

51. This is an example of a method humans use to monitor or measure populations (many different answers apply).

52. What is a tagging, branding, photo ID, nature cams, citizen science, etc.?

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54. Name the three zones that comprise the deep sea.

55. What are the bathypelagic, abyssopelagic, and hadylpelagic?