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Hō‘ike o Haleakalā Curriculum

High school science curriculum designed by Maui teachers and field biologists

Zooxanthellae

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

single-celled organisms that live in the tissue of corals and provide energy to the corals (M2)

Zooplankton

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

plankton composed of tiny animals (M2)

Trophic levels

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

pathways and levels through which nutrients and energy flow between organisms (M2)

Tertiary consumers

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

predators that feed on secondary consumers and comprise the fourth trophic level of marine food webs (M2)

Secondary consumers

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

carnivores; animals that eat primary consumers and comprise the third trophic level in marine food webs (M2)

Primary producers

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

the plants that form the first trophic level in marine food webs (M2)

Primary consumers

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

herbivores; animals that eat algae and comprise the second trophic level in marine food webs (M2)

Plankton

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

tiny organisms that float freely through the ocean or freshwater (M2)

Phytoplankton

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

plankton composed of microscopic plants (M2)

Photosynthesis

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

formation of carbohydrates in the chlorophyll-containing tissues of plants and corals exposed to light (M2)

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