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.
An example of a biome is the ocean.
This biome is on the hotter side.
Since this biome is the ocean it is wet
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.
~Larger sharks
~Smaller sharks
~Marlin
~Lancet fish
~Squid
~Mackerel
~Lantern fish
~Amphipods
~Ocean sunfish
~Shrimp
~Copepods
~Pteropods
~Dinoflagellates
~Diatoms
Here’s another one:
~Phytoplankton
~Zoo plankton
~Fish larvae
~Small fish
~Predators
The plankton gets
energy from the sun
The lantern fish gets
energy from the
plankton
The squid gets
energy from the
lantern fish
Later when the shark dies the
bacteria breaks down the dead body
and eats it
The shark gets
energy from
the squid
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.
We chose this ecosystem for 3 reasons
1. Because we learned about food chains but we
never researched about the ocean before
2. 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
• 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.
Student A= Melanie
Student B= Chelsea
Student A:
~Contribution Page
~ Conclusion
~Picture of food web ~Why did we choose this Ecosystem
Student B:
~Background Info
~Powerpoint
~What’s in the Ecosystem?
~Interesting Facts
~Energy Transfer
~ Typing
~Diagram
• http://www.chccs.k12.nc.us/mdelem/webquests/de
bbie/lanternfish.gif
• http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rainforesthtm
• http://www.greenliving answers.com/archives/199
• http://media-2.web.britannica.com/ebmedia/99/95199-036-D579DC4A.jpg
• http://www.seafriends.org.nz/indepth/foodchn.gif
• http://savethesea.org/STS%20ocean facts.htm