Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
MBA Vocab List
Monterey Bay Aquarium Vocabulary List
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adaptation | a characteristic that helps a plant or animal survive in its environment |
| algae | simple, non-seed bearing plants |
| asymmetrical | no symmetry |
| benthic | bottom dwelling |
| bilateral symmetry | a body form in which only one cut through the center will produce identical halves |
| bioluminescence | the production of light by a living organism |
| buoyancy | an object’s ability to float in liquid or air |
| camouflage | a behavior, shape, color and/or pattern that helps a plant or animal blend in with its surroundings |
| canopy | the top layer of the kelp forest where fronds float on the sea surface and shade the forest floor |
| consumer | an animal that feeds on other plants and animals |
| countershading | a type of protective coloration in which an animal is light on the underside and dark on the top |
| decomposer | an organism that causes the decay of dead plant and animal matter |
| diatoms | one-celled algae with silica cell walls |
| dorsal | referring to the top |
| filter-feeder | an animal that eats by filtering or straining small particles of food by passing the water through a filtering device |
| frond | a kelp stipe and the attached blades |
| habitat | a place where a plant or animal lives |
| holdfast | the part of seaweed that attaches it to the seafloor |
| intertidal | the area of shore between the highest and lowest tide levels |
| invertebrate | an animal without a backbone |
| migration | an animal’s travel from one region to another |
| parasite | a plant or animal that lives in or on another plant or animal and obtains nourishment from it |
| pelagic | occurring in the open ocean |
| photosynthesis | the process by which green plants use sun energy to make food |
| plankton | plants and animals that swim weakly, or not at all, and drift with ocean currents (phytoplankton and zooplankton) |
| predator | an animal that kills and eats other animals |
| producers | life forms that produce their own food through photosynthesis |
| radial symmetry | a body form in which any cut along the length through the middle results in identical halves |
| scavenger | an animal that eats dead plants or animals or their parts |
| schooling | several to hundreds of fish that swim together |
| sessile | stationary (doesn’t move) |
| species | plants or animals that are similar to each other and breed only among themselves |
| spherical symmetry | a body form in which any cut through the organisms center results in identical halves |
| stipe | the stemlike part of a kelp plant connecting the holdfast to the blades |
| substrate | a surface |
| terrestrial | of the land |
| tide | the daily rise and fall of the sea level along the shore |
| upwelling | the movement of cold, nutrient-rich waters from the ocean depths up toward the surface layers |
| ventral | referring to the bottom |
| vertebrate | an animal with a backbone |
Created by:
lreimer
Popular Biology sets