Marine Zones
This is the zone where marine plants can thrive.
What is the sunlit zone?
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What is marine mammals have impervious skin to live in high salinity?
What is marine mammals have lots of fat to keep them warm?
What is a food chain?
Larger plankton, like jellyfish are classified as animals called, _________.
What is zooplankton?
The process that plants undergo to create their own food is called _______.
What is photosynthesis?
These layers start at around 3,300 feet and go to the bottom of the ocean floor.
What is the midnight zone?
Tube worms can be found in this zone of the ocean.
What is the midnight zone?
When a marine animal dies, the nutrients goes to the ________.
Name 2 types of marine plants that we learned about in this unit.
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Sea grass
Kelp
Algae
How are plants and animals different?
What is plants produce their own food while animals cannot.
What is sunlit zone, twilight zone, midnight zone?
Describe one aspect that fish have in order for them to thrive in marine environments.
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What is gills?
What is fins for propulsion?
What is a swim bladder?
A shark eats crabs, eel, and fish. This is an example of what?
What is a food web?
Plankton and marine algae are similar because both are producers, meaning they do what....
What is produce their own food via photosynthesis?
The energy that plants use for photosynthesis can be traced back to what?
What is the sun?
This zone refers to sandy beaches and rocky shores that experience daily fluctuation in water level as the tide goes in and out.
What is the intertidal zone?
Coastal birds have adapted to life near oceans and seas by developing long _____ and _______ to help them catch prey and wade through water.
What is beaks and legs?
Name at least 2 physical or chemical properties that influence the organisms that live in marine environments.
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What is salinity?
What is temperature?
What is sunlight penetration?
What are ocean currents?
Plankton that are capable of producing their own energy through photosynthesis are called ______.
What is phytoplankton?
What are the 3 zones that the ocean is divided into horizontally?
What is the photic zone, the aphotic zone, and the benthic zone?
What is 0 to 660?
This special adaptation helps marine animals to catch prey and find mates.
What is bioluminescence?
_________ regions are sweet spots for supporting big populations because of the nutrient cycling that takes place in cooler waters.
What is temperate?
Plants and algae within marine ecosystems are most commonly found in these two zones.
Hint: NOT sunlit zone and twilight zone!
What is the intertidal and neritic zones?
Describe the process of photosynthesis: What are in the ingredients needed for it to take place? What are the byproducts of photosynthesis?
What is plants take in sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide.
What is they make food for themselves and produce oxygen.