Vocabulary
Chlorophyll in green plants absorbs light energy which is then used to convert CO2 and water into simple sugars
What is Photosynthesis?
The Ocean contains 2 basic life zones - they are
What is Vertical and horizontal Zone?
The general term plankton means
What is "that which is made to wander"
The base of the food chain
What is phytoplankton?
2 examples of jawless fish
What are hagfish and lampreys?
Animals with a backbone
What is vertebrates?
The 3 areas of the vertical zone are
What are Sunlight, Twilight, and Midnight zones
Plankton are divided into 2 groups.
what are phytoplankton and zooplankton?
This is a vital part of the ocean's food web
What are krill?
2 cartilaginous fish
what are sharks, rays, and chimaera
The back or upper surface of an animal
What is the Dorsal?
The 2 sections of the Horizontal zone
What is the Neritic Zone and the Oceanic zone
zooplankton includes - name 3
what are copepods, sea jellies, certain worms, protozoa, mollusks, eggs or larva of fish, krill,etc
Sea stars eat
What is Oysters
Toothed whales use _______ to search for food
What is Echolocation?
A group of animals containing, Octopus, Squid, cuttlefish, and devilfish.
What are cephalopods?
__________ __________ are in the intertidal zone
What are Tidal Pools
Type of plankton that make up more than 3/5s of plankton in the ocean
What is Diatoms
This country, squid is considered a delicacy
What is Japan?
Bioluminescence literally means
What is "Living Light"?
Sedimentary rock consisiting mainly of fossilized diatoms, a type of algae.
What is Diatomaceous Earth?
The sunlight zone extends from the surface to about _______________ deep.
What is 600 feet
The 4 types of Algae
What are red, yellow, green, and brown?
Krill eat
What are diatoms?
The octopus have some defense mechanisms - name 3
What are "oozing", Changing Color, Eject "ink", Poison