Aquatic Science Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Producer | Plants |
Consumer | organism in nutriton cycle |
Herbivore | eats plants |
Carnivore | eats meat |
Omnivore | eats meat and plants |
Detrivore | eats decay |
Decomposer | decays and breaks down matter |
Scavenger | eats the dead |
Photosynthesis | process where plants create their own food |
Epiflora | sea plants that live on the bottom of the sea |
Epifauna | sea organisms that live on the bottom of the sea |
Infauna | animals living in the sediments on the ocean floor |
Sessile | fixed in one place, immoble |
Taxonomy | the classification of organisms |
Holdfast | attaches the plant to rocky reefs on the oceans bottom |
Phylogentic Classification | A phylogenetic tree or evolutionary tree is a branching diagram or "tree" showing the inferred evolutionary relationships... |
Scientific name | name issued to organisms by scientists upon discovery |
Nekton | free swimming organisms |
Benthos | flora and fauna found on ocean floor |
Plankton | The small and microscopic organisms drifting or floating in the sea or fresh water |
Zooplankton | animal plankton |
Phytoplankton | plant plankton |
Diatoms | single celled algae |
Dinoflagellates | single celled organisms with two flagella |
Holoplankton | organisms that remain planktonic for entire life |
Meroplankton | planktonic for only parrt of their life |
Megaplankton | extra large zoo plankton |
Pelagic Zone | Any water in the sea that is not close to the bottom or near to the shore |
Euphotic Zone | depth of water exposed to light |
Aphotic Zone | no light penetrates water |
Filter Feeder | Organisms that gains nutrition by filtering the nutrients in surrounding water and ingesting them. |
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