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 word for the idea or prediction that is being tested by an experimental procedure?
Hypothesis
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
A research method defined by observing and recording events/behavior without actively intervening or manipulating the subjects or their environment.
Observational Study
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
An area classified according to the species that live in that location, temperature range, soil type, and the amount of light and water that are unique to that particular place allowing it to be defined as different from others.
Biome
What is the name for the pigment that allows for photosynthesis
Chlorophyll
An aspect of the procedure or sample group which has results that depend on an experimental condition.
Dependent variable
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 and abiotic factor?
biotic
C6H12O6 is the chemical formula for what essential compound in cell respiration?
Glucose
An aspect of the procedure or sample group which has results that should not depend on an experimental condition
Independent variable
What is name of the relatively small but largely important ocean zone for human food and economic activity?
The Neritic Zone
The Greek word meaning "method of order" or "ordering system" that is used to describe the classification of organisms in Biology
Taxonomy
Plankton is a Greek term meaning "wanderer" and refers to organisms that flow with the tide and cannot determine their own direction against the current. What is the Greek word for organisms that can swim, or determine their direction despite the current.
Nekton
What is word for the occurrence of coral reefs losing their distinctive coloration due to changes in the water temperature/chemistry
A sample group which sets the standard for the independent/dependent variable. Outside of the experimental groups/ experimental condition.
Control group