Oceanic Feeding Relationships and the Transfer of Energy

After primary production, energy transfers as organisms eat to survive. In this topic, you will explore how energy is transferred up the food chain through trophic levels. Also, you will examine energy pyramids and food webs. In addition, you will learn all of the different feeding relationships, so that you can understand how each organisms gains energy and survives.

Essential Questions

• What are the feeding relationships in the ocean?
• What are nutrient absorbers, grazers, suspension or filter feeders, deposit feeders, carnivores, omnivores, and decomposers?
• What is the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics?