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Aspen Fleckles Hydrothermal Vents |
An area where ocean water sinks into ocean floor, then is heated by magma and rises. |
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Upwelling |
An upward flow of cold water from the deep ocean |
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Nertic Zone |
Part of the ocean from low tide out to the edge of the continenetal shelf |
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Open Ocean Zone |
Area of ocean past the continental shelf |
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Plankton |
Tiny algae and animals that float on water or are carried by waves
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Nekton |
Free swimming animals tgat can move through water collums |
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Benthose |
Organisms that live on the bottem of oceans or bodys of water |
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Inertial Zone |
Area from highest hight tide to lowest low tide |
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Sonar |
A system that uses soundwaves to calculate the distance of an object |
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Aquaculture |
the farming of saltwater and freshwater organisms |
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Estuary |
Costal inlet where freshwater mixes with saltwater |
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Surface Zone |
Extends as far as sunlight can reach; only part that recives enough sunlight for algae
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Deep Ocean Zone |
When sunlight no longer reaches the ocean, it's dark and cold |
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Surface Currents |
Large stream of moving water at the surface of the ocean; mainly driven by winds |
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Bioshpere |
The part if the Earth's crust, waters, and atmosphere that supports life |
