Marine Science: Unit 2 Vocabulary (part 2)

Organism

• it makes it own food

• A living thing - plant or animal

• The ocean floor. Very cold and very little sunlight.

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abiotic factors

• nonliving parts of an ecosystem (rock, soil, air, water)

• steps in which energy is transferred by the food they eat

• An animal without a backbone

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biotic factors

• An animal that strains its food from water.

• A very simple plant without stems or leaves that grows in or near water.

• living parts of an ecosystem (plants, animals, coral, plankton)

consumer

• it eats other animals/plants

• multiple food chains - more complex

• open water above the ocean floor

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producer

• Substances in food that your body needs to grow, to repair itself, and to supply you with energy.

• an area of the shoreline that slants to the water; made up of sediment

• it makes its own food

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coral

• water animal that eats aquatic plants, especially algae growing on surfaces; examples: snail or water penny

• the skeletons of tiny sea animals

• sea; ocean

coral bleaching

• when corals lose their vibrant colors and turn white

• A community of organisms and their environment.

• to change gradually over time

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coral reef

• open water above the ocean floor

• An animal WITH a backbone.

• underwater ecosystem in warm shallow waters built from stony corals held together by calcium

filter feeder

• A community of organisms and their environment

• Plants use the sun's energy to get energy.

• An animal that strains its food from water

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food chain

• living parts of an ecosystem (plants, animals, coral, plankton)

• steps in which energy is transferred by the food they eat

• A community of organisms and their environment.

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