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    Sciences Department
    MYP Year: (3)
    Worksheet
    Unit# (2) How does our
    Matter and Energy in Ecosystems planet work?

    Objectives:
    Students should be able to:
    -Construct simple food chains
    -Identify trophic levels in food chains

    Global Context: Globalization and Sustainability

    ATL Skill: Research/media literacy/locate, organize, evaluate, synthesize and ethically use information
    from a variety of sources and media.

    1-Coral reefs are formed by tiny animals called coral polyps. Their hard skeletons provide many different
    habitats where other species can live. One of these species is a single celled alga. Herbivorous fish eat alga.
    Carnivorous fish eat the herbivorous fish. Humans often eat the carnivorous fish.

    a) Thousands of different species live on coral reefs. Use the information above to suggest why so many
    species can live there.

    b) Use the information above to construct a food chain. Explain how matter and energy flow in this food
    chain.

    2- In 1977, a completely new ecosystem was discovered. In the deep ocean, below the surface, scientists
    found places where hot water rushes out from the sea bed into the water. These places are called
    hydrothermal vents. Hydro means water, thermal means heat and a vent is an opening that things can
    pass through.

    No one expected to find any life at the hydrothermal vent. It is completely dark. The water temperature
    can be as high as 400˚C where it pours out, although it cools as it mixes with the sea water. But scientists
    found many living organisms in this strange ecosystem. Instead of plants, tiny bacteria are the producers in
    the food chain. Instead of using light energy to make food, they use energy in the chemicals dissolved in
    hot water. The bacteria are able to survive in much higher temperatures than most living things.

    British International Academy 2022-2023 1


    Giant tube worms also live at hydrothermal vents. Some of the bacteria live inside the tube worms. The
    worms provide a habitat for the bacteria, and use some of the food that the bacteria make.

    Other bacteria live in the hot water around the vent. They form thick mats on the sea floor. The bacteria
    are eaten by shrimps and tiny floating animals called zooplankton. The zooplankton are eaten by sea
    anemones. Crabs and octopuses eat sea anemones and tube worms.

    a) Explain why plants cannot live at a hydrothermal vent.

    b) Construct a food chain, containing four types of organism, that occurs at a hydrothermal vent. Explain
    how matter and energy flow in this food chain.

    c) Name the producer in your food chain and outline where it obtains its energy from.

    d) Describe two different habitats in the hydrothermal vent ecosystem.

    British International Academy 2022-2023 Page 2

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