Marine Science Introduction Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. Area around the North Pole or the South Pole; above 60 degrees latitude
  2. 5. Abyss, 4000-6000m, most of the seafloor, animals exhibit transparent skin on animals, large eyes, expandable jaw/body
  3. 6. The water of the open ocean; no bottom.
  4. 10. Known as the Sunlight Zone, 0-200m where most of life lives in the ocean.
  5. 11. factor The non-living factors in an ecosystem - temperature, salinity, depth, sunlight, etc.
  6. 13. Zone The water beyond the continental shelf
  7. 15. Measures distance north or south of the equator. Imaginary lines that start at the equator (0 degrees latitude) and run east and west, parallel to the equator.
  8. 16. Twilight Zone, 200-1000m, animals migrate to feed, start to see bioluminescence
  9. 17. The top layer of a body of water that receives sunlight, allowing photosynthesis to occur, reaches to about 200m before the surface.
  10. 18. Midnight Zone, 1000-4000m, bioluminescence is very common
  11. 19. A moderate climate or region with distinct seasons (30-60 degrees latitude)
  12. 20. Species living on the bottom, the bottom of the ocean
Down
  1. 1. Area between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn; categorized by warm, moist, areas. (0-30 degrees latitude)
  2. 2. Measures distance east or west of the prime meridian. Imaginary lines that divide the Earth. They run north to south from pole to pole.
  3. 3. Trenches or Hadal Zone, 6000-11000m. 0.25% of ocean floor, extreme pressures
  4. 7. Swimming species in the ocean
  5. 8. Zone The intertidal area along coasts Example: the beach
  6. 9. Amount of species living in a particular area.
  7. 11. The part of an ocean or lake where there is little to no sunlight, and where photosynthesis cannot occur.
  8. 12. Zone The shallow water over the continental shelf Example: kelp forest, coral reef, seagrass bed
  9. 14. factor The interactions between the living things in an ecosystem.