Vocabulary

Question 1

Abiotic

Answer 1

nonliving

Question 2

Adaptation

Answer 2

The ability of organisms to change and evolve

Question 3

Adhesion

Answer 3

the act of sticking to other elements

Question 4

Aerodynamics

Answer 4

the study of the movement of air

Question 5

Age structure

Answer 5

The distributing of the population of a species by age

Question 6

Algae blooms

Answer 6

the large concentration of microorganisms

Question 7

Altitude

Answer 7

the height in relation to sea level

Question 8

Amplitude

Answer 8

Half of the height of the wave

Question 9

Apex predator

Answer 9

A predator with no natural enemies

Question 10

Aquaculture

Answer 10

Farming fish, shellfish, or seaweed

Question 11

Benthic community

Answer 11

creatures without spine that live on the sea floor

Question 12

Bias

Answer 12

Prejudice leading towards or against a particular position

Question 13

Bioaccumulate

Answer 13

to accumulate inside the bodies of living creatures

Question 14

biodegradable

Answer 14

able to be broken down in the environment

Question 15

Biodiversity

Answer 15

Having several different species

Question 16

Biogenic sentiment

Answer 16

Sediment that is at least 30% skeletal remains of marine life

Question 17

Biotic

Answer 17

Living

Question 18

Brackish

Answer 18

a blend of fresh and saltwater

Question 19

Calorimetry

Answer 19

the science of measuring heat

Question 20

Carbon cycle

Answer 20

the process of which carbon is absorbed by plants, used for photosynthesis, and returned to the atmosphere

Question 21

Cardinal Directions

Answer 21

The basic directions of north, south, east, west

Question 22

Centrifugal force

Answer 22

the energy that pushes a body away from the center while spinning

Question 23

Climates

Answer 23

long term patterns of weather

Question 24

Closed system

Answer 24

a system that does not interact with other systems, or one that is contained

Question 25

Cohesion

Answer 25

the act of sticking together

Question 26

cold wake

Answer 26

the changes in the sunlight layer of the ocean in the aftermath of a hurricane

Question 27

compass

Answer 27

An instrument with a magnetized needle that shows the direction of the North Pole.

Question 28

consumers

Answer 28

organisms that consume other organisms

Question 29

consortium

Answer 29

an association that is formed to take on enterprise that are to large for any one member

Question 30

continental drift

Answer 30

the theory that all of the land on earth was one land mass

Question 31

continental shelf

Answer 31

The border between the crust that makes up the land and the crust that makes up the ocean floor.

Question 32

convection

Answer 32

the process of which warm air that rises from the surface of the earth

Question 33

corrosive

Answer 33

damaging or eating away

Question 34

crest

Answer 34

the highest point of the wave

Question 35

crust

Answer 35

the outer layer of the earth

Question 36

decomposers

Answer 36

the fungi and bacteria that breaks down dead bodies

Question 37

decomisition

Answer 37

the decaying of dead organisms

Question 38

deep zone

Answer 38

The lowest three levels of the ocean encompassing depth greater than 3,300 feet and containing no light.

Question 39

density

Answer 39

the mass per unit of mass

Question 40

population

Answer 40

The number of a population in a given area.

Question 41

Desiccation

Answer 41

Drying out