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Hydrothermal Vents |
an area where ocean water sink thorough cracks in the ocean floor,is heated by the underlying magma,and rises again through the cracks. |
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Upwelling |
an area flow of cold water from the ocean depths |
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Neritic Zone |
The part of an ocean that extends from the low tide line out the edge of the Continental 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 floats in water and are carried by the waves and currents |
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Nekton |
free swimming animals that can move throughout the water column |
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Benthons |
Organism that live in the bottom of an ocean of other body of water |
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Intertial Zone |
the 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 |
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Sonar |
a system that used sound waves to calculate the distance to an object |
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Anquacuture |
the farming of saltwater and freshwater organisms |
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Estuary |
a coastal inlet or bay where fresh water from rivers mixes with salty ocean water |
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surface zone |
extends as far as sunlight reaches below the surface; it is the only part of the part of the open ocean the receives enough sunlight for the growth of algae |
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deep ocean zone |
begins when sunlight no longer reaches the water (at the end of the surface zone); it is dark and cold |
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surface currents |
is a large a stream of moving water at the surface that flows through the ocean; are mainly driven by winds |
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biosphere |
the part of the earth's crust, waters,and atmosphere that supports life |
