WAVES and TIDES
What is the Crest and Trough?
the crest is top of the wave and the Trough is at the bottom of the wave
The TOP layer of water that receives enough sunlight for PHOTOSYNTHESIS?
Photic Zone
What are Mangroves?
Mangroves are plants that grow in tidal areas.
What did Charles Darwin do to become so important?
sailed from England As a naturalist and carefully recorded 6 main points that helped lead to the theory of evolution
What is a limiting Factor?
A limiting factor is a factor that causes population growth to decrease.
What is influenced by the gravitational pull of the sun and moon?
Tides.
The layer of water that the sun NEVER penetrates and is DEEP in lakes and oceans?
Aphotic / Profundal Zone
What are the four types of Mangroves found in Florida? what kind of minerals are they tolerant of?
The Red mangrove, The Black mangrove, The White mangrove, and The Buttonwood. Each mangrove has its own level of salt tolerance and this determines its location
What is Natural Selection?
Nature selects for living organisms with better-suited inherited traits to survive and reproduce.
What are examples of limiting factors?
Competition, Predation, Parasitism, disease, Drought, climate extremes, and Human disturbances
what is a Wave Height
how tall a wave is from trough to crest
The Benthos
What kind of Mangrove has pale bark and doesn't have prop roots or pneumatophores?
The white Mangrove
what is Speciation?
through generation, favorable adaptations last longer in the species, while “bad” ones lessen.
What are Density-Dependent Factors?
A limiting factor that depends on population size
what is Wave Length
how long it is between waves – measure from crest to crest OR from trough to trough
What are microscopic drifting animals that are so small they can barely swim against water currents?
Zooplankton
What kind of Mangrove has numerous breathing tubes and grows on high tide shores?
The Black Mangrove
Genetic Variation?
Characteristics of individuals in any species are not exactly alike.
what are some examples of Density-Dependent Factors.
competition predation parasitism and disease shortages of food shortage of nesting sites.
whats a Neap Tide
small tidal range because the moon and Sun pull at different angles
what is the ppt for freshwater?
What mangrove is found closest to water with the highest salt tolerance?
The red Mangrove
what is Competition?
habitat and food sources are limited, so offspring in generations must compete among themselves in order to live.
What are Density-Independent Factors?
Factors that affect all populations in similar ways, regardless of the size of the population.