Ocean Zones Ecosystems Food webs Vocabulary Misc.
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What is the epipelagic zone?
Ocean zone that has sunlight and coral
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What is the arctic?
Ecosystem where polar bears live
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What is a producer?
Food webs begin with this type of organism
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What is aphotic?
No light
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What is 10%?
Amount of energy that is transferred from one trophic level to the next.
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What is the Abyssopelagic zone?
Most of the ocean floor is located in this zone
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What is a mangrove forest?
Ecosystem that has many tree roots and is a nursery for baby fish
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What is a decomposer?
This organism recycles nutrients within a food web
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What is nektonic?
Free swimming
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What are tides?
An abiotic factor that is caused by the gravitational pull of the sun and moon
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What is mesopelagic, bathypelagic, abyssopelagic, and hadalpelagic?
Name four zones that have bioluminescent animals in them
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What are the rocky and sandy shores?
Name 2 ecosystems affected by tides and waves
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What is an omnivore?
An organism that eats producers and consumers is known as this
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What is mutualism?
A relationship where both organisms benefit
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What is chemosynthetic?
The food chains in the hydrothermal vents start with this type of bacteria
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What is the mesopelagic zone?
Other than the epipelagic zone, which zone is also photic
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What is salt marsh?
Galveston is an example of this ecosystem?
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What is a heterotroph?
Animals are consumers. This is another name for consumer.
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What is macroplankton?
Plankton that is visible to the naked eye
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What are algae, plants, phytoplankton, and bacteria?
Three autotrophs that are photosynthetic
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What is the bathypelagic zone
Also known as the midnight zone
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What is the abyssal plain?
Ecosystem where most of the ocean floor is located
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What is biomagnification?
This is the accumulation of toxins through a food web.
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What is infauna?
An organism that lives buried in the ocean floor
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What is substrate?
Rocks, sand, silt and clay make up the bottom of the ocean






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