Vocabulary
Life Zones
Marine Environments
Marine Life
Miscellaneous
100
A region that contains specific organisms that interact with one another and with their environment
Life Zone
100
The area between high and low tide, where clams, barnacles, mussels, worms, and seaweeds live
Intertidal Zone
100
This environment contains loose, unstable sediment that is easily moved about by wind and water
Sandy Beach Environment
100
The basis of marine food chains, feed on dead matter
Plankton
100
What do the beach plants help form on sandy beaches?
Dunes
200
A long line of seaweed and debris deposited on the beach during high tide
Strandline
200
An area of wave turbulence within the subtidal zone
Surf Zone
200
Areas of warm, clear, sunlit, shallow water considered to be an underwater 'oasis'
Coral Reef
200
A group of the same species of fish that travel together for protection
School
200
What would make a beach have large surf?
Facing the open ocean
300
The pattern of marine life that forms distinct bands along the shore
Zonation
300
The main area of commercial fishing; lies above the continental shelf
Neritic Zone
300
The estuary community that is considered the 'graveyard' of the estuary
Mud Flat
300
Small living communities that form in the lower intertidal zone
Tide Pools
300
The three divisions of rocky coast zones
Upper, Mid-, and Lower Intertidal Zones
400
Long ridges of sand that separate estuaries from the open ocean
Barrier Beaches
400
The largest life zone, made up of the neritic and oceanic zones
Pelagic Zone
400
Four (of the five) places we talked about in the United States that have rocky coasts
Alaska, California, Maine, Oregon, Washington, and Hawaii
400
The ability of a fish to blend in with their natural surroundings
Camouflage
400
Why are most benthic organisms unique?
They have to adapt to conditions on the ocean floor
500
Decaying or dead organic matter that provides food for bacteria
Detritus
500
The zone that contains the entire ocean floor
Benthic Zone
500
The environment that lines the coast to protect the shoreline from erosion and acts like a giant sponge, absorbing the impact of tropical storms
Mangrove Swamp
500
What is different about barnacles at high and low tide?
At high tide, they filter feed on plankton. At low tide, they close their shells to avoid drying out
500
What causes the bad smell in a mud flat community (The compound and how it forms)?
Bacteria decompose wastes and form hydrogen sulfide
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