Biology and geography of oceans and estuaries.
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Bio- Luminescence | An organism that can produce it's own light.
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| Chemo-synthesis | When an organism can make food from heat or chemicals.
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| Photosynthesis | When an organism can make it's own food from sunlight.
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| Deep Ocean | 1 km or below (Hadal, Abyssal, and Midnight)
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| Shallow Ocean | Above 1 km (Sunlight, Twilight)
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| Trenches | An opening on the bottom of the ocean caused by a tectonic plate sliding under another tectonic plate.
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| Marine Snow | Organic particles that fall down from higher oceanic layers and provide food for organisms.
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| Continental Drift | Movement of tectonic plates
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| Ridge | Underwater mountain ranges caused by continental drift and volcanic activities.
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| Continental Shelf | Edge of continent where it goes from gradual slope to steep drop-off.
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| Depth | How far down something is.
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| Salinity | How much salt is in a substancce
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| Plankton | Marine organisms that float on currents and can't swim
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| Nekton | Marine organisms that can swim.
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| Estuaries | When ocean meets river and salt and fresh water mix.
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| Hydro-thermal Vent | A crack in the earth's surface that hot water shoots out of.
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| Ecosystem | A community of organisms and the abiotic factors that affect them.
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| Vacuole | Where plants store salt
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| Dry Season | Where it doesn't rain for a while and estuaries are the saltiest.
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| Water Pressure | The weight of the water on top of an object. The deeper you go the greater the pressure.
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| Ecologist | Scientist that study ecosystems
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