Chapter 14 Flashcards
What I are nekton
Organisms that swim
What is the trophic level
On the food chain, defining if a producer consumer or decomposer
What are plankton
Floaters of the ocean
Which plankton perform photosynthesis
Phytoplankton
Which plankton consumes phytoplankton
Zooplankton
Where do benthic organisms live
At the bottom of the ocean
Where is the euphonic layer
The layer of the ocean with the most sunlight where photosynthesis can occur
What is the aphotic layer
Layer of the ocean with no sunlight
Where is the intertidal range
Where the waves crash on the shoreline
Which range is past the intertidal and naritic range
Oceanic
Which range is in between the oceanic and intertidal range
Naritic
What layer of the ocean is right above the bottom
Palygic
Which layer of the ocean is the bottom
Abyssal
What is primary productivity
Amount of product from photosynthesis
What affects primary productivity
Nutrition and solar radiation
Difference between food chain and food web
Food chain - who eats who & transfer of energy between organisms
Food web - interrelated all different types of organisms
Deep ocean circulation caused by :
Changes in density of salinity and temperature
Currents?
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
Size of wave depends on
Fetch
Duration of wind
Wind speed
What is wave refraction
When a wave hits the coast it bends
Why does the headland get for waves
Wave refraction
