chapter 12 Life in the ocean Flashcards

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living things can

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capture, store, transmit energy, and reproduce

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photosyntheses

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certain bacteria, algae, & green plants use sunlight to create glucose (releases oxygen)

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chemosynthesis

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some bacteria and archaea use chemical energy to create glucose

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Primary productivity

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Synthesis of organic molecules from inorganic ones

Through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis

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Trophic pyramid

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shows feeding relationship

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autotrophs

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organisims make their own food with photosynthesis or chemosynthesis

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heterotrophs

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get food from other organisms (can not make their own food)

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Primary producer

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can use energy rich chemicals to produce their own food (Autotrophs) bottom of tropic pyramid
(photoplankton)

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primary consumers

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Heterotrophs that eat autotrophs (primary producers) concumer of primary producers (zooplankton)

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secondary consumers

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heterotrophs that consume primary producers or other secondary consumers (larve and smaller fish)

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top consumers

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consume primary sonsumers heterotrophs at top usually carnivores

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food web

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Group of organisms linked by complex feeding relationships Almost always have feeding choices

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Limiting factor

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Physical or biological factor that limits normal

action of organisms

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photic zone

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uppermost layer of sea water where light is present

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aphotic zone

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benieth photic zone no light

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euphotic zone

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Upperpartofphoticzone with enough light for photosynthesis

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Ectothermic

organisms

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internal temperature equals external temp (cold blooded)

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endothermic organisms

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stable, hight internal temperature (warm blooded)

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plagic zone

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oceans open water including neritic and oceanic zone

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neritic zone

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water over continental shel and near shore

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oceanic zone

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deep water beyond continental shelf

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littural zone

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Above low tide, below
high tide (intertidal)
coast covered by tidal action

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natural selection

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how life survives, only life adapted to survive and reproduce in their environment.
By Charles Darwin
More offspring are produced in a group than can survive
Random variations in traits occur in all populations
Some traits are inherited
Some inherited traits increase odds of survival
Survival increases odds of passing favorable traits on
The environment determines which traits are favorable
If environment changes, traits that are favorable change

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adaptation

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inherited structural or behavioral modification that provide an advantage in a given environment

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How are traits inherited?
Mendel’s inheritance experiments: physical traits are inherited in specific units called gene What is source of variations? 1. Recombining genetic material during sexual reproduction 2. Genetic mutations in DNA of sex cells Variations may be benign, harmful, or beneficial Natural selection then acts on beneficial variations
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domains
Bacteria (Prokaryotes -no nucleus) Archaea (Prokaryotes -no nucleus) Eukarya (with nucleus)
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Kingdom Animalia
Multicellular heterotrophs
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Kingdom Animalia Phylum Porifera:
ex sea sponges (benthic) | Vase-like structure with pores
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Kingdom Animalia Phylum Cnideria:
Possess cnidoblasts | take two forms polyp and medusa
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Kingdom Animalia>Phylum Cnideria>polyp
type of Cnideria: of animalia kingdom ex Sea anemones—no exoskeleton (benthic) ex Coral—calcareous exoskeleton (benthic)
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cephalopod
cnideria contains stinging capsule threads in capsule help capture prey (food) and defend ageist predators.
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cindioblasys
molluscan class including squid, octopus
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Linnaean taxonomy:
Linnaean taxonomy: By Carolus Linnaeus, 1755 Hierarchy based on common traits Reflects common underlying natural origin (evolutionary relations)
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Kingdom Animalia>Phylum Cnideria>Medusa
type of Cnideria: of animalia kingdom | Jellyfish (pelagic)
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Kingdom Animalia>Phylum Mollusca
* Soft-bodied unsegmented animals * Chitons(benthic) * Gastropods:snails (benthic) * Bivalves:clams,etc. (benthic) * Cephalopods:Octopuses (benthic) Squid & chambered nautilus (pelagic)
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Kingdom Animalia>Phylum Arthropoda:
* Animals with jointed appendages and segmented bodies and exoskeleton. * EX Crustaceans: Crabs, Shrimp and Barnacles (benthic)
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Kingdom Animalia>Phylum Echinodermata:
* Spiny-skinned, Benthic, animals with radial symmetry * Sea stars & brittle stars * Sea urchins * Sea cucumbers * Sand dollars
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Kingdom Animalia>Phylum Chordata:
``` • Spinal nerve chord • Subphylum Vertebrates:  Segmented backbone  Sharks, skates, rays (pelagic)  Fish (pelagic & benthic)  Amphibians (pelagic)  Reptiles (pelagic)  Birds (pelagic)  Mammals (pelagic) ```
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Community:
Populations of organisms interacting in a given area
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population:
Group of organisms of same species occupying a given area
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Habitat:
Physical environment of a species
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Niche:
* How an organism makes its living | * Relationship to food & enemies
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Climax community:
Stable, long- established community
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Succession:
Orderly changes in a community’s species after major disruption
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Mass extinction:
When large number of species die off simultaneously