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This has the world’s oceans
Marine Systems
Caused by the melting of glaciers and icebergs
Sea Level Rise
Means “to study life”
Biology
1. Described as the capacity to produce offspring of the same species
2. Union of egg & sperm cells; mating
3. Doesn’t require mating; Budding, Spore Formation, Binary
1. Reproduction
2. Sexual Reproduction
3. Asexual Reproduction
It is the ability to do work; fuel to carry out different processes
Energy
The interface between oceans and land, until the middle of the continental shelf
Coastal Systems
Motion of the outermost shell of the Earth
Coastal movement
Name the 9 characteristics of life
2. Use and need energy
3. Adapt to their environment
4. Respond to stimuli
5. Reproduce
6. Highly organized
7. Grow and develop
8. Maintain internal balance
9. Utilize a form of movement
In order, enumerate the system of living things
Cells - Tissues - Organs - Organ System - Organism
Study of energy in living systems and the organisms that utilize them
Bioenergetics
Activities that regularly happen in the marine ecosystem as influenced by the weather, climate, and the adjacent landscape
Coastal Processes
Rising of the seawater due to atmospheric conditions
Storm Surge
One cell means ___________.
Many cells means _____________.
Describes the Physical changes
This is where organisms get energy (chemical)
Food
These are caused by the gravitational pull between the moon and the Earth
Tides
Deals with the processes happening in our major oceans and seas; integrates physics, chemistry, biology, geology, meteorology, math, and social science
Oceanography
Any action/change that warrants a response
Stimulus
Describes Internal changes
Development
Plants are _______ because they can make their own food. While animals are _______ because they cannot make their own food.
2. Heterotrophs/Consumers
Formed by the wind and storm in the ocean
Waves
Enumerate types of Coastal Hazards
Coastal Erosion, Saltwater Erosion, Submersion
Response of plants to:
Light - _______
Gravity - _______
Touch - _______
Water - _______
1. Phototropism
2. Geotropism
3. Thigmotropism
4. Hydrotropism
Self-regulating processes by which an organism tends to maintain optimum conditions for survival and function
Homeostasis
One path to getting energy -_______.
Everything is connected in this path -_______.
1. Food Chain
2. Food Web