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Ryan Falin Hydrothermal Vents |
an area where ocean water sinks trough cracks in the ocean floor is heated by the underlying magma and rises again through the cracks |
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Upwelling |
an upward flow of cold water from the depths of the ocean |
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Neritic Zone |
the part of an ocean that extends from the low-tide out to 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 the animals that float in water and are carried by waves currents |
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Netkon |
free swimming animals that can move throughout the water columm |
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Benthos |
organisms that live on the bottom of the ocean or other body of water |
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internal 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 uses waves to calculate the distance to an object |
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Aquaculture |
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 |
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surface zone |
extends as far as sunlight reaches below the surface it is the only part of the ocean that receives enough sunlight for growth of algae |
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Deep Ocean Zone |
begins when the sunlight no longer reaches the water |
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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 earths crust waters and atmosphere |
