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Plants, Animals, oceans
Term | Definition |
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helps you identify plants, animals, and all living things that can be observed | Dichotomus Key |
animals with a backbone | Vertebrates |
Animals without a backbone | Invertebrates |
plants with true roots and tubes that carry water, food, and nutrients | vascular |
Plants that DO NOT have roots and tubes to carry water, food and nutrients | nonvascular |
flat, low lying land area at the beach where we build sand castles, walk, play games, get a tan, and read a book | coastal plain |
A gradually sloping portion of the ocean floor that is made of continental crust where we swim, ride the waves, fish, ski, parasail, and kite surf | continental shelf |
a steep slope that continues from the continental shelf and leads to the abyssal plain | continental slope |
the vast floor of the deep ocean | abyssal plain |
a deep valley in the ocean floor; the deepest part of the ocean | oceanic trench |
up and down movement of surface water; wind is responsible for most of these | waves |
a continuous flow of water in a regular pattern in the ocean; like rivers that move water | currents |
The regular rise and fall of sea level due to the moon's gravitational pull on Earth | tides |
how salty the water is; measured in ppt | salinity |
volcanic spot that provides warmth on the ocean floor where bacteria, shrimp, crabs, tube worms, slugs, and even some fish live | hydrothermal vent |
drifting organisms that live in the wide open ocean, are microscopic, provide food for many animals in the ocean, and release much oxygen in the air for us to breathe | plankton |
plant-like; make their own food through photosynthesis | phytoplankton |
animal-like; feed on other plankton | zooplankton |