MS ACW Week 12 Benthos Vocab

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The conversion of chemicals into organic matter.

• Synthesis

• Chemosynthesis

• Photosynthesis

• Kinosynthesis

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a form of food procurement in which food particles or small organisms are randomly strained from water

• Membrane separation

• Filter feeding

• Suspension consumption

• Hydrolysis

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When creatures work together to ensure they have the best chance for survival

• Parasitic

• Symbolism

• Symbiosis

• Adaptation

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Tiny holes in sponges used for filter feeding

• Incurrent pores

• Semipermeable membrane

• Filter vents

• Stoma

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Creatures that have evolved to live on, in, or near the seafloor

• Pelagic

• Nekton

• Benthic

• Demersal

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Creatures which assemble dead organic material into their biomass

• Predators

• Scavengers

• Undead

• Decomposers

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Creatures that adapt to life in the mid-water zone

• Pelagic

• Nekton

• Benthic

• Demersal

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Formed by seafloor spreading and resulting in jets of super heated water

• Underwater volcanos

• Rocky formations

• Whirlpools

• Hydrothermal Vents

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When a whale carcass settles on the deep-sea floor

• Whale funeral

• Corpse party

• Boneyard

• Whale fall

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the process of bringing cold water and/or nutrients up through the water column

• Upwelling

• Food chain

• Rising currents

• Ascension