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The area of the ocean past the continental shelf, with areas of open water often reaching to very great depths. - Answer-pelagic Area of ocean that extends from the low-tide line out to the edge of the continental shelf - Answer-neritic The bottom of any aquatic ecosystem - Answer-benthic ...

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The area of the ocean past the continental shelf, with areas of open water often
reaching to very great depths. - Answer-pelagic

Area of ocean that extends from the low-tide line out to the edge of the continental shelf
- Answer-neritic

The bottom of any aquatic ecosystem - Answer-benthic

A structure of calcite skeletons built up by coral animals in warm, shallow ocean water.
diverse and productive environment named for the coral animals that make up its
primary structure - Answer-coral reef

A habitat in which the fresh water of a river meets the salt water of the ocean. - Answer-
estuary

water that is mix of fresh and salt water - Answer-brackish

coastal wetland dominated by mangroves, salt-tolerant woody plants - Answer-
mangrove swamp

temperate-zone estuary dominated by salt-tolerant grasses above the low-tide line and
by seagrasses under water - Answer-salt marsh

a long, relatively narrow island running parallel to the mainland-built up by the action of
waves and currents and serving to protect the coast from erosion by surf and tidal
surges. - Answer-barrier island

Portion of the shoreline that lies between the high and low tide lines. - Answer-inter-tidal
zone

a marine biome; a region on the continental shelf that contains an ocean area with
depths of up to 600 ft - Answer-littoral zone

The portion of the ocean floor where light does not penetrate and where temperatures
are cold and pressures intense.
Lies below 2000 m and is in complete darkness - Answer-abyssal zone

The water from 6000-11000 m. This zone is found in the deepest ocean trenches. -
Answer-hadal zone

, Portion of the marine biome that is shallow enough for sunlight to penetrate. - Answer-
photic zone

dark layer of the oceans below the photic zone where sunlight does not penetrate -
Answer-aphotic zone

cover most of the earth's surface, contains different types of ecosystems, extends from
the steep edges of continental shelves to the deepest parts of the ocean, The amount of
light in the water depends on depth - Answer-open ocean

The circulation of chemicals necessary for life, from the environment (mostly from soil
and water) through organisms and back to the environment. - Answer-nutrient cycling

The amount of biological or living diversity per unit area. It includes the concepts of
species diversity, habitat diversity and genetic diversity. - Answer-biodiversity

A community of organisms and their abiotic environment - Answer-ecosystem

A group of ecosystems that share similar climates and typical organisms - Answer-
biome

Consists of all life on Earth and all parts of the Earth in which life exists, including land,
water, and the atmosphere. - Answer-biosphere

A living thing, A living thing; anything that can carry out life processes independently. -
Answer-organism

An area that provides an organism with its basic needs for survival. - Answer-habitat

A diagram that shows the feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem. -
Answer-food web

A series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten -
Answer-food chain

When the tide goes out, some water remains in depression among the rocks.
small areas of the shoreline where animals such as clams, crabs, and small fish live
during low tide - Answer-tidal pool

Algae that lives symbiotically with reef-building coral species . They use waste products
from the coral to photosynthesize and in return, coral gets energy, and is able to build
calcium carbonate reefs faster - Answer-zooxanthellae

a close relationship of mutual dependence - Answer-symbiotic

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