MARINE BIOME

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MARINE BIOME

• characteristics of life
• living things require energy
• living things grow
• living things reproduce
• living things are made of cells, etc.
• autotrophs are able to make their own food, also
  known as producers
• producers can harness the suns energy and
  convert it into chemical energy through the
  process of photosynthesis

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MARINE BIOME cont.

• heterotrophs cannot make their own food, also
  known as consumers
• consumers depend on ingesting food to satisfy
  their energy requirement
• primary consumers second trophic level, eat
  producers (herbivores)
• secondary consumers third trophic level
  (carnivores)
• tertiary consumers fourth trophic level (can
  include top carnivores)
• food chains and webs show the complex
  relationships between organisms within marine
  communities