Ocean Food Webs
Understand ocean food webs: multiple interconnected food chains where energy flows from phytoplankton (producers) through zooplankton, small fish, and large predators, and that removing one species affects the whole web
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Can your child explain why catching too many of one type of fish doesn't just affect that fish — it affects the whole food web, including the animals that eat it and the things it eats?
Understand ocean food webs: multiple interconnected food chains where energy flows from phytoplankton (producers) through zooplankton, small fish, and large predators, and that removing one species affects the whole web
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- Distinguish a food web from a simple food chain
- Trace at least two paths of energy through an ocean food web
- Explain what could happen if one species in the web were removed
“Can your child explain why catching too many of one type of fish doesn't just affect that fish — it affects the whole food web, including the animals that eat it and the things it eats?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Ocean Life
- Age range
- Ages 7–9