Water
an underground layer of rock or earth which holds groundwater
What is an aquifer?
a type of rock formed by gravity pressing fragments of other rocks and minerals together as they settle on land or under the ocean over a long period of time
What is Sedimentary Rock?
an organism made of many cells that cannot make its own food and cannot move; lives off of dead plant or animal material
What is fungus?
The struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources
What is Competition?
the forces that hold atoms together, these may be ionic, covalent or metallic
What is a Chemical Bond?
the slow passage of water through porous rocks
What is infiltration?
a type of rock that forms when melted rock cools and hardens
What is Igneous Rock?
A symbiotic relationship in which one organism, the parasite, benefits at the expense of the other organism, the host.
What is Parasitism?
the hunting and consuming of animals by other animals
What is Predation?
The shallow waters of the ocean from the intertidal zone to the edge of the continental shelf
What is the Neritic Zone?
A process where deep, cold and nutrient rich water rises to the surface due to wind and currents
What is upwelling?
rock that is created from previously existing rock by the action of intense heat and pressure
What is Metamorphic Rock?
A widespread outbreak of an infectious disease affecting more people than expected very quickly (Ex: SARS, Malaria)
What is an Epidemic?
the study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
What is ecology?
Organisms found on the bottom of the ocean, sea, or lake
What are Benthos?
the area between the tides; exposed to air at low tide, submerged at high tide
What is Intertidal Zone?
the process of turning sediment or other material into stone
What is a Lithification?
an outbreak of disease that is geographically widespread; occurring throughout a region or even throughout the world (Ex: COVID19, Black Plague, AIDS, Influenza)
What is a Pandemic?
A symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit.
What is Mutualism?
Missing time periods in a geologic column due to the lack of sediment deposition or erosion
What is Unconformity?
The steep descent of the seabed from the continental shelf to the abyssal zone (1000m-4000m)
What is the Bathyal Zone
the age given in years, of a fossil, a rock, or an event; usually determined through radiometric dating
What is Absolute Dating?
The living together of two species in the same habitat, such that neither tends to be eliminated by the other
What is Coexistence?
A symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other organism is neither helped nor harmed.
What is Commensalism?
amount of energy required to maintain minimum essential life functions including
What is Basal metabolic rate (BMR)?