BY CHELSEA HORITA &

MELANIE FUJI’IPD 6

THE OCEAN ECOSYSTEM

A biome is general types of ecosystems. A biome is a large area on the earth’s surface that is defined by temperature and down fall.

What is a Biome?

An example of a biome is the ocean. This biome is on the hotter side. Since this biome is the ocean it is wet

What is an Example of a Biome?

Our ecosystem can be found in the 5 major oceans of the world. These 5 oceans are The Atlantic, The Pacific, The Indian, The Sothern, and The Arctic ocean. Since these oceans are spread across the world, the temperature of the ecosystem depends on what types of organisms live there.

Where can our ecosystem be found?

~Larger sharks ~Shrimp~Smaller sharks ~Copepods~Marlin ~Pteropods~Lancet fish ~Dinoflagellates~Squid ~Diatoms~Mackerel ~Lantern fish ~Amphipods ~Ocean sunfish

What’s in the Ecosystem?

What’s in the Ecosystem?

Here’s another one:~Phytoplankton~Zoo plankton ~Fish larvae~Small fish~Predators

Energy Transfer

The plankton gets energy from the sun

The lantern fish gets energy from the plankton

The squid gets energy from the lantern fish

The shark gets energy from the squid

Later when the shark dies the bacteria breaks down the dead body and eats it

Our ecosystem is important because it holds much marine life that other animals need to eat and use as energy. Plus we humans also eat fish.

Why is Our Ecosystem Important?

We chose this ecosystem for 3 reasons1. Because we learned about food chains but we

never researched about the ocean before2. We both love the ocean and wanted to research

about something we were both interested in.3. We found that it was interesting that 70% of the

earth’s surface is covered with water

Why Did We Choose This Ecosystem?

• The average temperature of the ocean is 2 Degrees Celsius. That’s about 39 Degrees Fahrenheit.

• The color blue is least absorbed by seawater, the same shade of blue is most absorbed by microscopic plants called phytoplankton, drifting seaweed.

Interesting Facts About the Ocean

Student A= MelanieStudent B= Chelsea

Student A:~Contribution Page ~ Conclusion~Picture of food web ~Why did we choose this EcosystemStudent B:~Background Info ~Powerpoint~What’s in the Ecosystem? ~Interesting Facts~Energy Transfer~ Typing~Diagram

Contribution Page

• http://www.chccs.k12.nc.us/mdelem/webquests/debbie/lanternfish.gif

• http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rainforesthtm• http://www.greenliving answers.com/archives/199• http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/99/95

199-036-D579DC4A.jpg• http://www.seafriends.org.nz/indepth/foodchn.gif• http://savethesea.org/STS%20ocean facts.htm

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