AICE MARINE CH 13 VOCAB REVIEW

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Organic compound production by organisms using energy from inorganic reactions.

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Chemosynthesis

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Process where water is enriched with nutrients, leading to producer growth and oxygen depletion.

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Eutrophication

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Weak acid from CO2 in water

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Carbonic acid formation

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A lipid made from glycerol and three fatty acids

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Triglyceride

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Light intensity where photosynthesis equals respiration

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Compensation point

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A pigment in plants and algae that absorbs sunlight for photosynthesis.

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Chlorophyll

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Commensal relationship where one organism attaches to another to travel.

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Phoresis

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Organism at the end of the food chain with no natural predators

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Apex predator

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Organism adapted to extreme temperature, pressure, salinity, or pH.

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Extremophile

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A parasite, like a tapeworm, that lives inside its host.

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Endoparasite