F Flashcards
1
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Filter feeder
A
An animal that eats by filtering or straining small particles of food by passing the water through a filtering device
2
Q
Fish
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A vertebrate with scales and fins that lives in the water and breathes with gills
3
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Flukes
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A whales flat horizontal tail fins
4
Q
Food chain
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A sequence of plants and animals that shows who eats whom. The direction of food energy is transferred from one creature to the next.
5
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Food pyramid
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A food chain in the shape of a pyramid that shows one way flow of food energy from the producers to the consumers. There are more producers at the pyramids base supporting the consumers at the top. It shows how energy is lost
6
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Food web
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A complex network of interconnected food chains
7
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Frond
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A kelp stipe and the attached blades
