Sandy Shores
The scientific name for the intertidal zone
What is the littoral zone
This type of kelp grows along the California coast
What is giant kelp
A type of coral reef that is not linear and grows in clumps inside a lagoon
What is patch reef
The type of skin pattern found in many animals in the epipelagic zone
What is countershading
The name of specialized structures found only in Eukaryotic cells
What are organelles
Why plants aren't found on beaches
What is shifting/moving sands (plants can't root)
This area of a tide pool is the lowest and is almost always covered by water
What is the lower shore/lower zone
The type of symbiotic relationship that coral and Zooxanthellae have
What is Mutualism
The adaptation that some animals have to make their own light in dark oceans
What is bioluminescence
What is the chloroplast
The origin of pink sand beaches
The name of a keystone species that controls populations of grazers like urchins
What is sea otter/California sheepshead/sunflower stars
A type of coral reef that occurs due to collapse of a volcanic island in the ocean
What is an atoll
This zone of the ocean has light and photosynthesis
What is the epipelagic zone
This region holds the DNA in Eukaryotic cells only
What is the nucleus
The name of a filter feeder found in estuaries
What are clams/mussels
This area of a tide pool is only under water during storm surge or with strong waves
What is the splash zone
Reef erosion due to animals is called this
What is bioerosion
The name of a large floating trash debris area in the ocean
What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
This type of transport requires energy in cells
What is active transport
The name of currents that flow parallel to the coast
What is Longshore Currents
This tidal area has the greatest biodiversity
What is the lower shore/lower zone
When a reef community is not able to return to its original state and changes to a new one
What is phase shift
The final decomposers of whale carcasses in the deep
What is bacteria
The name of a structure found in prokaryotes for movement
What is the flagellum