Marine Science Q3 Test 1 Review

A non-living (physical or chemical) component of the environment.

• Biotic

• Detritus

• Abiotic

• Commensal

The pelagic environment from a depth of 4,000m to 6,000m.

• Abyssopelagic Zone

• Bathypelagic Zone

• Hadopelagic Zone

• Mesopelagic Zone

The pelagic environment from a depth of 1,000m to 4,000m.

• Epipelagic

• Mesopelagic

• Hadopelagic

• Bathypelagic

A living component of an environment.

• Abiotic

• Biotic

• Exponential Growth

• Limiting Resource

The type of symbiosis in which one species obtain shelter, food, or other benefits without affecting the other.

• Parasitism

• Trophic Cascade

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

Particles of dead organic matter.

• Detritus

• Biotic

• Trophic Cascade

• Stabilizing Selection

• Directional Selection

• Stabilizing Selection

• Resource Partitioning

• Tolerance

• Stabilizing Selection

• Abiotic

• Biotic

• Directional Selection

The study of the interactions between organisms an their environment.

• Ecology

• Biology

• Mutalism

• Commensal

• Exponential Growth

• Logistic Growth

• Linear Growth

• Limiting Growth