AICE MARINE CH 13 VOCAB REVIEW

The production of organic compounds by bacteria or other living organisms using energy derived from

reactions with inorganic chemical

• Chlorophyll

• Triglyceride

• Chemosynthesis

• Sink

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-3

The process by which a body of water becomes enriched in dissolved nutrients that stimulate the growth

of producers, usually resulting in the depletion of dissolved oxygen.

• Chlorophyll

• Ectoparasite

• Phoresis

• Extremophile

• Eutrophication

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A weak acid made of carbon dioxide dissolved in water

• Fatty acids

• Apex predator

• Carbonic acid formation

• Triglyceride

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

A type of lipid which is made from a glycerol molecule joined to three fatty acid chains

• Respiration

• Triglyceride

• Eutrophication

• Polymer

The light intensity at which the rate of photosynthesis and the rate of respiration are equal

• Phoresis

• Compensation point

• Extremophile

• Starch

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

A pigment found in plants and algae that is used to absorb sunlight for photosynthesis

• Cellulose

• Chemosynthesis

• Chlorophyll

• Assimilation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

A commensal relationship where one organism attaches itself to another in order to travel

• Polymer

• Extremophile

• Phoresis

• Monomer

An organism at the end of the food chain which has no natural predators

• Apex predator

• Ectoparasite

• Endoparasite

• Marine uplift

An organism that is adapted to survive extreme temperate, pressure, salinity or pH.

• Eutrophication

• Endoparasite

• Ectoparasite

• Extremophile

A parasite, such as a tapeworm, which lives inside the body of its host.

• Eutrophication

• Ectoparasite

• Endoparasite

• Extremophile