Structure
These were discovered by Robert Ballard in 1977
What are hydrothermal vents
Most rocky bottom seaweeds are these two colors
What is red and brown
The process of not using sunlight but still making your own food
What is chemosynthesis
This increases every 10 meters down in the ocean
What is pressure
This percentage of the Earth's surface is occupied by people
What is 5%
This is what you would say Rober Ballard is called
What is an Oceanographer
The percent of the global the global fish catch that comes from the shelf area
What is 90%
This is what an organism that doesn't move in the ocean is called
What is sessile
These keep marine algae afloat
What are air bladders
This is what you call a sea urchin invasion
What is a plague
The submerged part of a continent
What is the continental shelf
Organisms that live under the ocean bottom surface are called
What is infauna
This is a transition layer between warm and cold water in the ocean
What is a thermocline
This is the number one limiting factor in the ocean
What is pressure
Kelp can grow how many cm per day
What is 50
The area from the low tide line to the start of the deep parts of the ocean is called this
What is the continental margin
This is the most common type of sea grass in Florida
What is turtle grass
Dead or decaying organic matter
What is detritus
This zone of the ocean has no sunlight
What is the aphotic zone
There are about this many species of this only true underwater plant in the ocean
What is 50 seagrasses
According to the "Bird Man", this is how algae in the ocean grows
What is vertically
A flounder, a crab, and a sponge all live on the bottom and are call this
What is demersal
This specific Genus of life is usually the first to start living around a hydrothermal vent
What is Tevnia
These are the biggest factors for temperature in the ocean
What are latitude and depth
The process that is luck of the draw of where an planktonic organism eventually lives
What is the lottery hypothesis