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8 EW Ch 4 Vocab

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  • Q1
    A smooth, nearly flat region of the deep ocean floor.
    abyssal plain
    30s
  • Q2
    The farming of saltwater and freshwater organisms.
    aquiculture
    30s
  • Q3
    A ring-shaped coral reef that surrounds a shallow lagoon.
    atoll
    30s
  • Q4
    Organisms that live on the bottom of the ocean or other body of water.
    benthos
    30s
  • Q5
    The production of light by living things.
    bioluminescence
    30s
  • Q6
    A gently sloping, shallow area of the ocean floor that extends outward from the edge of a continent.
    continental shelf
    30s
  • Q7
    A steep incline of the ocean floor leading down from the edge of the continental shelf.
    continental slope
    30s
  • Q8
    A coastal inlet or bay where freshwater from rivers mixes with salty ocean water.
    estuary
    30s
  • Q9
    The feeding relationships in a habitat.
    food web
    30s
  • Q10
    An area where ocean water sinks through cracks in the ocean floor, is heated by the underlying magma, and rises again through the cracks.
    hydrothermal vent
    30s
  • Q11
    An 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 zone
    30s
  • Q12
    A continuous range of mountains on the ocean floor that winds around Earth.
    mid-ocean ridge
    30s
  • Q13
    Free-swimming animals that can move throughout the water column.
    nekton
    30s
  • Q14
    The area of the ocean that extends from the low-tide line out to the edge of the continental shelf.
    neritic zone
    30s
  • Q15
    A lump on the ocean floor that forms when metals such as manganese build up around pieces of shell.
    nodule
    30s

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