Vocab 1
Traits or properties that describe something
What are characteristics?
Groups positioned close together or in clumps
What are clusters?
Made up of coral, which are animals
They are structures that provide food and coastal protection
Coral grows in clusters or colonies
What are coral reefs?
Top zone of the ocean
200 m in depth
What is the sunlight zone?
Characteristics connected to living things, like fish, algea, and bacteria
What are biotic factors?
A characteristic that adjusts to the environment or situation
What is adaptation?
First in order or in importance
What is primary?
Located near coastlines
Contains sturdy grasses and mangrove trees
Mangrove trees have strong roots that keep them anchored into the water
What are mangrove forests?
Second zone of the ocean
1,000 m in depth
What is the twilight zone?
Characteristics of an ecosystem that are not connected to living things, the sun, salt levels, temperature of the water
What are abiotic factors?
Became tangled or wrapped up
What is entangled
A process in nature where land is worn away by water running over t again and again over a period of time
What is erosion?
Made up of kelp, which is a type of algae/protists
Kelp doesn't have roots like a plant- attaches itself to rocks with noodle-like structures called holdfasts
What are kelp forests?
Third zone of the ocean
4,000 m in depth
What is the midnight zone?
a prefix that means "life."
What is bio?
The characteristic of being clear
What is clarity?
The bases of buildings
What are foundations?
Covers over 70% of the surface of the planet
Another major feature is current, or direction of flowing water in the ocean
What is the open ocean?
Fourth zone of the ocean
6,000 m in depth
What is the abyssal zone?
A prefix that means "small."
What is micro?
Appear as the opposite
What is contradict
When something returns to its previous form
What is regenerates?
Located near coastlines
A place where salty seawater and cool freshwater mix into what is called "brackish water."
What are estuaries?
The fifth zone of the ocean
11,000 m in depth
What is the hadal zone?
A prefix that means "light."
What is photo?