Ocean Sunlight Lesson

Ocean Sunlight Lesson

by Horran Cameron

​Vocabulary Words

• informational

• marine snow

• nonfiction

• nutrients

• ​personification

​​Vocabulary Words

• photosynthesis

• ​phytoplankton

• ​plankton

• summary

• thrust

• zooplankton​

​informational

• ​giving FACTS; providing information

• ​https://youtu.be/KVPpqOqE_R4

• ​this entire book is....INFORMATIONAL

​Marine snow

• bodily wastes, remains, dead material and debris falling down to ocean floor

​Nonfiction

• ​facts; true information

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​Nutrients

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​Personification

• ​the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

• ​in other words, when something acts or takes on the mannerisms of a person

• ​what word in this picture represents personification?

​Photosynthesis

• when plants are fed by sunlight energy​

• ​what is the source of the energy that starts the process of photosynthesis?

• ​Do people benefit from photosynthesis? If so, how? Give an example.

​Phytoplankton

​Plankton

• ​https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/plankton.html#:~:text=Plankton%20are%20marine%20drifters%20%E2%80%94%20organisms%20carried%20along%20by%20tides%20and%20currents.&text=Scientists%20classify%20plankton%20in%20several,)%20and%20zooplankton%20(animals).

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​Summary

• ​a brief statement or account of the main points of something

• ​Give a brief summary of this book.

​Thrust

• ​How is the word "thrust" used?

• ​What do you think this word means?

​Zooplankton