Tides
What is a spring tide?
When the sun, earth, and moon are in a straight line. New moon and full moon. High highs and low lows.
What is parasitism?
1 benefits and 1 is harmed
As you go down, what happens to the temperature of the water?
It decreases aka it gets colder
What is the intertidal zone?
The shallowest part of the ocean
What are phytoplankton?
Plankton that are plants and do photosynthesis
What is a neap tide?
When the sun, earth, and moon are at a right angle. Quarter moons. High lows and low highs
What is mutualism?
Both benefit
As you go down, what happens to salinity?
It increases aka there is more salt
What is the epipalegic or sunlight zone?
The top 200m or so where sunlight can penetrate, most diverse and abundant life zone
What are zooplankton
Plankton that are animals
What is semidiurnal?
Two equal highs and two equal lows
What is commensalism?
1 benefits and 1 is unaffected
As you go down, what happens to light?
It decreases aka there is less light
What is the mesopelagic or twilight zone?
200-1,000m, some animals living in these depths come to the surface to feed. Other animals hunt. Some eat matter that falls from the ocean surface.
What are holoplankton?
What is diurnal?
One high and one low
Give an example of mutualism.
Coral and zooxanthellae, clown fish and sea anemones, shrimp and burrowing fish, cleaner fish/shrimp and big fish
As you go down, what happens to pressure?
It increases aka there is more pressure
What is the bathypelagic or midnight zone?
1000-4000m deep- no light abyssal plain and trenches zones
What are meroplankton?
A type of zooplankton that grow up to be nekton
What is semidiurnal mixed?
Two unequal highs and two unequal lows
Give an example of commensalism.
A spiderweb in a deer's antlers, shark and remora
As you go down, what happens to density?
It increases aka there is more density
What are some adaptions for organisms in the deep sea?
bioluminescence, spikes/spine, big teeth pointed inward, large mouth/jaw, being small, expandable stomachs, and big eyes. (If you said anything else that was in the notes, those are fine too.)
What are pleuston?
Bonus: What are nekton?
A type of zooplankton that has a float so part of its body is above the surface
Bonus answer: things that can swim against the current