Vocabulary
What word means traits or properties that describe something?
Characteristics
What are producers?
Organisms that produce their own food using light from the sun.
What does bio mean?
Life
What is the top zone of the ocean and its characteristics?
The Sunlight zone. It's about 200 meters under the surface of the ocean. There's a lot of light and producers thrive here. Most ocean animals live here.
Describe the Open Ocean ecosystem.
Covers over 70% of the surface of the planet. Another major feature is the current, or the direction of flowing water in the ocean.
What word means a characteristic that adjusts to the environment or situation?
Adaptation
What are consumers?
Organisms that eat producers and other consumers.
What does mirco mean?
Very small
What is the second zone of the ocean and its characteristics?
The Twilight Zone. It is about 1,000 M deep. The water is getting colder and there is very little light. The fish that live here are bioluminescent.
Describe the Deep Sea Ecosystem.
Anything below the sunlight zone. Connected to the open ocean by the downwelling currents (currents that move toward the sea floor).
What word means whens something returns to its previous form?
Regenerates
What are abiotic factors and what is an example?
Characteristics that are not connected to living things
ex: temperature, sunlight, salt
What does photo mean?
Light
What is the third zone of the ocean and its characteristics?
The Midnight Zone. It is about 4,000 M deep. There is no light here. The angler fish lives here and uses bioluminescence. The photobacteria live on the anglerfish.
Describe Mangrove Forests.
Located near coastlines. Contains sturdy grasses and mangrove trees. The mangrove trees have strong roots that keep them anchored into the water.
What word means how something is impacted?
Affect
What are biotic factors and what is an example?
Characteristics connected to living things.
ex: fish, algae, and bacteria
Give a word that uses "bio" and use it in a sentence.
Ex: A biologist is someone who studies living things.
What is the fourth zone of the ocean and its characteristics?
The Abyssal Zone. It is about 6,000 M deep. The water is near freezing and there is immsense pressure. This is where the hydrothermal vents are for chemosysnthesis.
Describe Estuaries.
Located near coastlines. A place where salty seatwater and cool freshwater mix into what is called “brackish water.”
What word means to appear as the opposite?
Contradict
What is bioluminescence and what kinds of animals would need to use it?
An adaptation that predators use to attract prey. Animals that live in the deeper ocean zones need help seeing and need ways to attract their prey.
Give a word that uses "micro" and use it in a sentence.
Ex: microscope.
Scienctists have to use microscopes to see things that are too small for the human eye to see.
What is the deepest zone of the ocean and its characteristics?
The Hadal Zone. It is 11,000 meters deep. This mostly unexplored due to the darkness and pressure. Most of the sea floor is in this zone, which is named after Hades. The Marina Trench is located here.
Describe Coral Reefs.
Made up of coral, which are animals. They are structures that provide food and coastal protection. Coral grows in clusters or colonies.