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What is the Royal Bengal Tiger?
The largest predator found in mangroves in India and Bangladesh.
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What is a parrotfish?
They eat the algae off of the coral reefs.
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What are chemosynthesis and marine snow?
two possible sources of energy in the deep sea (name one)
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What are intertidal zones also known as...?
Foreshore, seashore, or the littoral zone
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What is brackish water?
Water that is neither completely freshwater or saltwater.
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What is salt excretion?
Mangroves getting rid of salt from their vascular system.
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What is wave energy?
Corals protect shorelines by doing this.
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What is 40 to 110 times the pressure of earth's atmosphere?
the approx range of pressure in the deep sea
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Which kinds of species can you find within the zones?
Porifera, Annelids, Coelenterates, Mollusks, Crustaceans, or Arthropods.
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What is phytoplankton?
The key primary producer found in a estuary.
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What is root aeration?
The process of mangroves acquiring more oxygen.
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What is 25%?
Percentage of coral reefs that have disappeared.
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What is a cold seep?
A location where a vent in the Earth's crust releases hydrogen-sulfate or methane gas, which powers chemosynthesis.
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Which zone is submerged during high tides and dry for the rest of the day?
Higher Intertidal Zones
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What are sea trout and salmon?
two sea creatures that use estuaries as nurseries for their young.
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What are pneumatophores?
The vertical roots that act as snorkels and take in extra air for the mangroves?
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What is calcium carbonate?
A substance that coral reefs are made up of.
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What is chemosynthesis?
The biological conversion of one or more carbon-containing molecules and nutrients into organic matter using the oxidation of inorganic compounds.
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What are the harsh extremes the animals have to adapt to?
Constant exposure to air and the inundation of sea water
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What are osmoconformers/osmoregulators?
Animals that control how much salt they intake.
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