1. Deep Ocean Community Food Webs
How do they get their energy?

2. Chemosynthetic bacteria
Chemosynthesis-the process where organisms make energy using chemicals (instead of sunlight).

3. Chemosynthetic bacteria
Primary Consumer
Tubeworm
Primary Consumer
Primary Producer
Secondary
Consumer
Tertiary
Consumer
Zoarcid fish
Chemosynthetic bacteria
Vent octopus
Pompeii worm
***Arrows always point to the mouths of the predator***

4. Relevant vocabulary
Autotroph- organisms that can produce their own food (e.g. plants)
Heterotroph- have to eat other organisms as their food source
Producer- another word for autotroph
Consumer- another word for heterotroph
Primary consumer- organisms that eat plants (e.g. grasshopper)
Secondary consumer- organisms that eat primary consumers (e.g. a mouse)
Tertiary consumer- organisms that eat secondary consumers (e.g. an owl)

5. More relevant vocabulary
Herbivore- an animal that only eats plants
Carnivore- an animal that eats other animals
Omnivore- an animal that eats plants and animals
Detritivore- an organism that gets energy from eating dead things (detritus).
Decomposer- breaks down decaying organisms

7. Notes for lesson delivery
Chemosynthetic bacteria use sulfides to create energy.
Riftia tubeworms that have no mouth or eyes, but get their energy from the bacteria that live inside of them.
Pompeii worms are the most heat-tolerate animals on earth, they are able to withstand temperatures up to 176 degrees F. The gray on it is actually bacteria.
Zoarcid fish are about two feet long and they move slowly and lethargically.
Vent octopi are activity carnivores that eat crabs, shrimp, mussels and much more
Discovered vents in 1977
Video showing some of the cool things that live at vents: