Ocean Zones
The Intertidal Zone
What is the name of the Natural Philosopher credited with many foundational ideas to biology such as survival of the fittest, and the origin of species?
Charles Darwin
Does cold water sink below or float above warmer water?
Sink below
A group of organisms of the same species is called a ...
Population
What is the Greek root word we use to refer to the "open ocean".
Pelagic
What is the theory of change over time which describes how organisms adapt to their environment.
Evolution
What is the measure of salt concentration in a given substance?
salinity
A group of organisms of different species is called a..
community
The Midnight or Aphotic Zone is defined by the absence of what abiotic factor?
sun light
What kind of evolution occurs when genetically related species differentiate from each other physically over time.
Divergent Evolution
Phytoplankton are different from zooplankton in that they carry out which ecologically critical process?
Photosynthesis
The Greek word meaning "method of order" or "ordering system" that is used to describe the classification of organisms in Biology
Taxonomy
What is the Greek root word which refers to the ocean floor?
Benthos/ Benthic
What is the name for the process of genetically unrelated species adapting similar physical characteristics over time?
Convergent Evolution
Is Marine Snow a biotic or abiotic factor?
biotic
All of known biotic life can be divided into three categories: Archaea, Eukarya, Prokarya. What is the name for these categories?
Kingdoms
What is name of the relatively small but largely important ocean zone for human food and economic activity?
The Neritic Zone
"Crabification" or more technically "Carcinization" describes a common type of what evolution?
Convergent Evolution
What is the name for the large circular currents that are created by the rotation of the Earth along its axis?
Ocean Gyres
What is the name of the chart that displays evolutionary relationships between species/organisms?
Cladogram/ Phylogenetic Tree