Oceans Alive! | Life in the Sea | Predators and Prey

Oceans Alive! | Life in the Sea | Predators and Prey
Museum of Science

As far as we know, nearly all life in the ocean is dependent on plants. Only plants have the ability to manufacture food out of inorganic substances, such as energy from the sun. Thus all animals are dependent on plants, since animals cannot derive nutrition from inorganic substances. Plants produce; animals consume. Being producers, plants form the first link in the food chain.

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