Chapter 14 Flashcards

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What I are nekton

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Organisms that swim

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What is the trophic level

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On the food chain, defining if a producer consumer or decomposer

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What are plankton

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Floaters of the ocean

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3
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Which plankton perform photosynthesis

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Phytoplankton

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4
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Which plankton consumes phytoplankton

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Zooplankton

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Where do benthic organisms live

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At the bottom of the ocean

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Where is the euphonic layer

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The layer of the ocean with the most sunlight where photosynthesis can occur

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7
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What is the aphotic layer

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Layer of the ocean with no sunlight

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Where is the intertidal range

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Where the waves crash on the shoreline

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9
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Which range is past the intertidal and naritic range

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Oceanic

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10
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Which range is in between the oceanic and intertidal range

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Naritic

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What layer of the ocean is right above the bottom

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Palygic

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12
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Which layer of the ocean is the bottom

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Abyssal

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13
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What is primary productivity

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Amount of product from photosynthesis

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14
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What affects primary productivity

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Nutrition and solar radiation

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15
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Difference between food chain and food web

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Food chain - who eats who & transfer of energy between organisms
Food web - interrelated all different types of organisms

16
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Deep ocean circulation caused by :

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Changes in density of salinity and temperature

17
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Currents?

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North Pacific - http://kojoreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/North_Pacific_Subtropical_Convergence_Zone.jpg

North Atlantic - http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HmHplw9TMWc/T0hHqRvzFBI/AAAAAAAABYM/fy6jt7M8GZA/s1600/NorthAtlanticSubtropicalGyre.jpg

18
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Size of wave depends on

A

Fetch
Duration of wind
Wind speed

19
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What is wave refraction

A

When a wave hits the coast it bends

20
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Why does the headland get for waves

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Wave refraction