Marine Biome Terms

Question 1

Zonation

Answer 1

distinct areas in a marine biome based on its environment factors

Question 2

Salinity

Answer 2

dissolved salt content in a body of water

Question 3

biodiversity

Answer 3

variety of life (plants/animals) inside an environment

Question 4

bioluminescence

Answer 4

emission of light by a living organism

Question 5

symbiotic relationship

Answer 5

interactions between two organisms, where at least one partner benefits

Question 6

abiotic factors

Answer 6

non-living component of an ecosystem that can impact the survival and distribution of organisms

Question 7

biotic factors

Answer 7

Living opponents of an ecosystem that can impact the survival and distribution of organisms i

Question 8

suction feeding

Answer 8

a feeding structure where the mouths of animals take on the form of a vacuum to suck up food

Question 9

epipelagic zone

Answer 9

first layer of water (“sunlit zone”), 1-200 m

Question 10

mesopelagic zone

Answer 10

2nd zone (some light), 200-1,000 m, 90% of organisms in this zone

Question 11

bathypelagic zone

Answer 11

3rd zone (“midnight zone”), 1,000-4,000 m

Question 12

Abyssopelagic zone

Answer 12

4th zone (pitch-black), 4,000-6,000 m

Question 13

hadopelagic zone

Answer 13

5th and final zone (completely dark), 6,000-10,000 m

Question 14

Mutualism

Answer 14

interaction between two organisms where both partners benefits

Question 15

Commensalism

Answer 15

interaction where one partner is benefited while the other is neither harmed nor helped

Question 16

parasitism

Answer 16

interaction where one partner (parasite) benefits at the expense of the other