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Marine Organisms
Marine Life Zones
Ocean Layering
Salinity
Ocean Temperature and Variation
100
Swimming animals capable of moving independently
What is nekton
100
Upper part of ocean where light penetrates
What is photic zone
100
This zone has uniform temperatures
What is mixed
100
Total amount of solid material dissovled in water
What is salinity
100
Layer of ocean where there is a rapid change of temperature with depth
What is thermocline
200
Organisms living on / in ocean bottom
What is benthos
200
Area where land and ocean meet and overlap
What is intertidal zone
200
Water temperatures are the warmest
What is mixed
200
Most salt water is
What is sodium chloride ( table salt)
200
Surface waters are warmed by the
What is sun
300
All organimsms that drift with the oceans
What is plankton
300
Very nutrient rich zone, supports 90% of commerical fisheries
What is neritic zone
300
Sunlight never reaches this zone
What is deep
300
One source of dissolved substances in water
What is chemical weathering
300
One factor that influences seawater density
What is salinity
400
Deep ocean floor, no sunlight, little food
What is abyssal zone
400
This zone includes the thermocline
What is transition
400
Another source of dissolved salts in water
What is elements from inside Earth's interior ( inside)
400
Another factor that influences seawater density
What is temperature
500
Animal plankton
What is plankton
500
Open ocean
What is oceanic zone
500
80% of all water is in this zone
What is deep
500
High salinities are found where evaporation is
What is high
500
Mass per unit volume
What is density