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Science Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |