Term | Definition |
Ecosystem | multiple parts of an environment working together |
Biotic Factor | was alive or is alive |
Abiotic Factor | never alive |
Bioluminescent | when organisms make their own light |
Estuary | fresh and salt water mixed, home to all kinds of life, marine ecosystem |
Deep ocean | 1 km to 11 km, Midnight, Abyssal, Hadal |
Trenches | cracks in the ocean floor caused by plates moving, in Hadal zone |
Salinity | how much salt is in the water |
Nekton | aquatic animals that can move and swim independently |
Plankton | microorganisms floating in the water |
Vacuole | used by marine plants to store salt water |
Food Web | the process in which organisms eat, cycle of life |
Hydro-thermal Vents | vents in the bottom of the ocean that release hot water |
Ridge | when plates move together or apart causing mountain like structures |
Water Pressure | how dense the water is, gets higher as you go down |
Oceans | Large bodies of salt water that have many species living in them |
Marine Organisms | different species that live in the ocean |
Chemo-synthesis | making food with heat and chemical energy (tube worm) |
Tides | the rise and fall of the ocean |