Vocab
O the Zones
Currents and Winds
Layers of the Ocean
100
This is where an organism lives
What is habitat
100
The deepest part of the ocean where the pressure is 8 tons per square inch is referred to as ...
What is hadalpelagic
100
This term refers to the salt content of the ocean water
What is salinity
100
This term refers to the temperature and salt content of the ocean
What is thermohaline
200
This is a living organism
What is biotic
200
The photic zone encompasses all of which zone of the ocean?
What is epipelagic
200
This effect was found to cause winds to "bend" as they went from the equator to the North and South Poles
What is Coriolis Effect
200
This refers to the salt content of the ocean
What is Halocline
300
What are the nonliving elements in an ecosystem?
What is abiotic
300
Which zone is referred to as the the Twilight Zone?
What is Mesopelagic
300
Which direction does the Coriolis Effect cause winds to spiral in on the north of the equator and to the south of the equator?
What is clockwise and counterclockwise
300
This refers to the density of the ocean water
What is pycnocline
400
What is the term that describes what an animal is, where it is on the food chain, and where it lives?
What is niche
400
This zone receives its name from the Greek word that means "bottomless pit"
What is Abyssopelagic
400
This refers to the change in temperature between layers in the ocean
What is thermocline
500
The limits an organism can endure of a factor such as heat or pollution is referred to as what?
What is range of tolerance
500
This brings much-needed nutrients from the bottom of the ocean to the surface because of deep currents that run into each other
What is upwelling
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