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hydrothermal vents |
an area where oceans water sinks through cracks in the ocean floor is heated by the underlying magma and rises through the cracks |
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upwelling |
an upward flow flow of cold water from the ocean depths |
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neritic zone |
the part of ocean that extends from the low tide out to the edge of the contenental shelf |
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open ocean zone |
the area of the ocean beyond the edge of the continental shelf |
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plankton |
tiny algae and animals that float in water and are carried by waves and currents |
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nekton |
free swimming animals that can move through the water column |
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benthos |
organisms that live on the bottom of the ocean or other body of water |
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inertial zone |
the area that streches from the highest high tide |
