EKK Vocab Science
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- transferred
- Throughout the ocean, energy from the sun is _____ through food chains.
- coral reef
- A ____ is a rigid, wave-resistant structure built for skeletal materials and calcium carbonate.
- chlorophyll containing organisms
- Radiant energy from the sun penetrates seawater and is trapped by _____ _______ _____ in the ocean.
- food webs
- Food chains are interconnected to form highly complex systems called _____.
- bacteria
- ____ produce food by breaking down compounds that contain elements such as sulfur, iron or nitrogen.
- heavy
- Sometimes grains brought in by the rivers are so _____ they sink to the bottom of the ocean floor.
- volcanic islands
- Seamount that extend up out of the ocean are ______.
- nekton
- In the ocean, animals that actively swim, rather than drift with the currents are _____.
- coral
- Some benthos are attracted to the bottom such as ____.
- trench
- a long narrow, steep-sided depression in the ocean floor where on crustal plate is forced beneath another. Most are found in the Pacific Basin.
- energy transfer
- A food chain is a model of ___ ___.
- seafloor
- Plants, algae, and animals also live on the _____.
- photosynthesis
- Organisms capture the sun's energy and make food using light energy, carbon dioxide, and water. The process of food making is called ______.
- placer deposits
- Heavy grains that sink to the bottom of the ocean are called ____.
- sand, metal, petroleum, natural gas, diamonds
- ___, ____, ____, _____, _____ are mined from placer deposits in the coninental shelves in some coastal regions.
- table salt
- About 1/2 of all ____ used to season food comes from the sea.
- deepest
- Trenches are the _____ places on Earth.
- not strong enough
- Sometimes even the energy of ocean waves are ______ to carry the heavier mineral grains that have been brought in by rivers.
- sulfur, iron, nitrogen
- Bacteria produce food by breaking down compounds that contain elements such as ___, ____, or ___ instead of carbon and oxygen (as in photosynthesis.)
- drugs
- Sponges are part of a group of benthic organisms that are helping scientists develop new ____ for medical treatment.
- superheated
- At mid-ocean, _____ water seeps or blasts from the crust. This is where Chemosynthesis occurs.
- underwater mountains.
- A mid-ocean ridge looks like a chain of _______.
- producers
- Organisms that undergo photosynthesis are called _____.
- carbon, oxygen
- Bacteria produce food by breaking down compounds that contain elements such as sulfer, iron or nitrogen instead of ____ and ___ (as in photosynthesis.)
- consumers
- Organisms that feed on producers are called ____.
- sponges
- _____ are part of a group of benthic organisms.
- continuous
- Ocean basin features are _____ from shore to shore.
- continental shelf
- located beyound the shore line, ______is a gradually sloping end of a continent that extends out under the ocean
- producers, bottom
- Organisms that undergo photosynthesis are called _____ and are the ____ of the food chain in the ocean.
- sun
- Nearly all energy used by organism in the ocean ultimately comes from the ___.
- Benthic
- _____ organisms include crabs, corals, clams, sea urchins and bottom dwelling fish.
- coral reef organisms
- _______ attach to the seafloor, obtain food by stinging prey, need clear, warm water and a lot of light.
- eggs, young fish, jellyfish, crabs
- Examples of animal plankton include ___, ____, ____, and ____, and tiny adults of some organisms.
- abyssal plains
- In the ocean, currents flow along the continental shelf and down the slopes depositing sediment on the seafloor. These deposits fill in the valleys and createflat, seafloor areas called _______.
- surface currents
- Most animal plankton depend on _____ to move them.
- plankton
- tiny marine algae and animals that drift with currents.
- benthic
- _________ organisms include crabs, corals, clams, sea urchins, and bottom dwelling fish.
- salt
- People have always collected ____ from ocean water.
- sediment
- In the ocean, currents deposit ______ on the seafloor.
- geologically active
- Trenches are the most _______.
- photosynthesis
- The process of food making using the sun is called _____.
- chemosynthesis
- The bacteria that produces food by breaking down compounds that contain elements such as sulfur, iron, or nitrogen instead of carbon and oxygen.
- tiny herring, huge whales
- Nekton include all swimming forms of fish and other animals, from_____ to ____.
- benthos
- Plants, algae, and animals living in the lowest levels of the ocean are the ____.
- food, carbon dioxide, water
- Like chlorophyll-containing land plants, seawater organism capture the sun's energy to make ___ using light energy, ____, and ____.
- continental slope
- _____ is the end of the continent extending form the outer edge of the continental shelf down to the ocean floor.
- earthquakes , volcanoes
- ______ and chaines of _____ often occur along the trenches.
- surface
- Many nekton come to the _____ at night to feed.
- seamounts
- ____ are inactive volcanic cones found on the ocean floor.
- mid-ocean ridge
- The location where new ocean floor forms is called a _____.
- chemosynthesis
- Bacteria that performs ______ using sulfer compounds live along portions of the mid-ocean ridges.
- consumers
- Organisms that feed on producers are called ____ who use this energy to sustain lives.
- one celled
- Most algae plankton are ____ organisms that float in the upper layers of the ocean where light needed for photosynthesis is found.