Merluza

High school (ages 12+)
Food & Cooking

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/merluza

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the genus?Merluccius
2. What is the ecological trophic level?Mesopredator, occupying a mid-level position in marine food webs
3. Where can you find merluza?Merluza lives in both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, in temperate and cold waters. It can be found from the eastern Atlantic to the west coast of North America, at depths from about 100 to over 1,000 meters.
4. What does a merluza eat?Merluza feeds on smaller animals like crustaceans, cephalopods, and small fish. Its diet changes with age and where it lives.

Demersal Fish: Fish that live and feed near the bottom of the ocean.
Trophic Interactions: The feeding relationships between different organisms in an ecosystem.
Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY): The largest yield that can be taken from a species' stock over an indefinite period.