Vocab
close relationship between 2 different species that benefits at least 1 species
What is a Symbiotic Relationship?
Both creatures benefit (cleaner fish, coral and shrimp)
What is mutualism?
Things that can swim against the current
What is Nekton?
The deep sea or deep layer is the lowest layer in the ocean
What is Deep Ocean?
The production and emmision of light by a living organism
What is bioluminescent?
What is Commensalism?
plant-like plankton that do photosynthesis (algae)
What is phytoplankton?
a ridge of rock in the sea formed by the growth and deposit of coral
What is Coral Reef?
10s to 100s of fish swimming in tight formation
What is Schooling Fish?
1 creature harmed 1 creature benefits (ticks, lice)
What is Parasitism?
animal plankton that eat their food
What is Zooplankton?
intertidal zone, kelp forests, mangrove forests
What is Coastal Area?
The color of light that never reaches the bottom of the ocean. Lets predators see prey that color
What is red light?
Clownfish and sea anemones
What is an example of mutualism?
Stay plankton their whole life
What is Holoplankton?
bottom, not just in deep areas without light
What is Benthic?
an opening in the sea floor out of which heated mineral-rich water flows
What is hydrothermal vents?
Sharks and remora
What is an example of commensalism?
Grow up to be Nekton
What is Meroplankton?
The pelagic zone, also known as the open ocean, is the area of the ocean outside of coastal areas. Epipelagic zone (ocean surface to 200 meters deep). This is the zone in which photosynthesis can occur, because light is available
What is Open Ocean?