
8 EW Ch 4 Vocab
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- Q1A smooth, nearly flat region of the deep ocean floor.abyssal plain30s
- Q2The farming of saltwater and freshwater organisms.aquiculture30s
- Q3A ring-shaped coral reef that surrounds a shallow lagoon.atoll30s
- Q4Organisms that live on the bottom of the ocean or other body of water.benthos30s
- Q5The production of light by living things.bioluminescence30s
- Q6A gently sloping, shallow area of the ocean floor that extends outward from the edge of a continent.continental shelf30s
- Q7A steep incline of the ocean floor leading down from the edge of the continental shelf.continental slope30s
- Q8A coastal inlet or bay where freshwater from rivers mixes with salty ocean water.estuary30s
- Q9The feeding relationships in a habitat.food web30s
- Q10An area where ocean water sinks through cracks in the ocean floor, is heated by the underlying magma, and rises again through the cracks.hydrothermal vent30s
- Q11An area that stretches from the highest high-tide line on land out to the point on the continental shelf exposed by the lowest low tide.intertidal zone30s
- Q12A continuous range of mountains on the ocean floor that winds around Earth.mid-ocean ridge30s
- Q13Free-swimming animals that can move throughout the water column.nekton30s
- Q14The area of the ocean that extends from the low-tide line out to the edge of the continental shelf.neritic zone30s
- Q15A lump on the ocean floor that forms when metals such as manganese build up around pieces of shell.nodule30s