AICE Marine 3.1 vocab

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

• Hemoglobin
• Carotene
• Chemosynthesis

• Chlorophyll

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The process of using light energy to synthesize glucose from carbon dioxide and water to produce chemical energy.

• photosynthesis

• Chemosynthesis

• Chlorine

• Solarsynthesis

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

organic compounds occurring in living tissue that contain carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen; carbohydrates can be broken down in the process of respiration to release energy.

• chemohydrate

• hydrates

• carbohydrate

• glucose

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

An animal which feeds on other organisms to gain energy from food.

• consumer

• carnivore

• omnivore
• herbivore

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A rapid increase in a population of algae.

• Algal explosion
• Algal growth
• Algal surge
• Algal bloom

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

All the different populations interacting in one habitat the same time.

• Ecosystem
• Individual
• Species
• Community

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

A relationship between two different organisms where both organisms benefit.

• Predation
• Mutualism
• Competition
• Parasitism

A relationship between two organisms where a predator hunt, kills, and eats a prey animal.

• Commensalism
• Predation
• Parasitism
• Mutualism

A relationship between two organisms where the parasite obtains benefits at the expense of the host.

• parasitism
• symbiosis
• commensalism
• mutualism

A relationship between two organisms where both species are negatively affected as they are trying to use the same resources.

• Cooperation
• Symbiosis
• Competition
• Mutualism