Unit 1 - Water
The state of matter that has the most energy
What is gas?
Theory that states that the crust is made up of plates that can move independently by mantle convection.
What is Plate Tectonics Theory?
Symbiotic relationship where one benefits and one is unaffected.
What is commensalism?
The scientific naming convention.
What is binomial species nomenclature?
A coastal ecosystem made of a rocky substrate; subject to intense wave action.
What is rocky shore?
The type of bond that involves the giving and taking of electrons
What is ionic bond?
Plate boundary where plates move apart and seafloor spreading occurs.
What is divergent boundary?
An organism's place in the food web.
What is trophic level?
The type of biodiversity that measures the abundance of species.
What is species biodiversity?
Algae that has a mutualistic relationship with hard coral.
What is Zooxanthelle?
Gives water special properties like high specific heat capacity.
What is hydrogen bonds?
Type of tide where the sun, moon, and Earth are perpendicular.
What is neap tide?
Rule that states about 90% of energy is lost between trophic levels.
What is the 10% rule?
An organism that has a hard exoskeleton, jointed legs, and a segmented abdomen.
What is a crustacean?
An organism found on the sandy shore that utilizes both camouflage and burrowing.
What is a ghost crab?
Lowers the solubility of gas in water
What is increased temperature?
When particles are moved by water.
What is water erosion?
Generic term for anything an organisms needs to grow, repair, or perform metabolic processes.
What is nutrient?
A free-floating producer
What is phytoplankton?
Layer of the ocean where there is light but not enough for photosynthesis.
What is the mesopelagic zone?
A layer of water where the temperature rapidly decreases.
What is a thermocline?
Change in Westerly trade winds that prevents upwelling off the coast of South America.
What is El Nino?
Phase of the nutrient cycle where the nutrient is in a living thing.
What is the biotic phase?
A type of tool for measure both abundance and distribution of species along an environmental gradient.
What is a belt transect?
Mangrove tree reproductive structures that are produced during viviparous reproduction and stay attached to the parent tree while they grow and mature.
What is a propagule?