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Science Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Intertidal Zone | Where the ocean meets the land (shoreline) |
Neritic Zone | Water becomes deeper and the ocean floor starts to slope down (Finding Nemo) |
Oceanic Zone | The sea floor drops sharply; this is the open ocean |
Benthic Zone | The ocean floor |
Law of Superposition | "In undisturbed sedimentary rock layers, older layers of rock lie beneath younger rock layers" |
Bioaccumulation | The addition of toxic substances to oragnisms throughout a food web |
Compound | Two or more substances joined together chemically |
Mixture | Two or more substances joined together physically |
Periodic Table | Gives information about the chemical elements grouped into eight classes |
Chemical Changes | A change in a substance that results in a new substance being formed |
Physical Changes | Any change in matter that does not change the chemical composition of the substance |
Producer | (Autotroph) An organism that can produce its own food |
Consumer | (Heterotroph) An organism that can not produce its own food |