Marine Science Lesson 1 Quiz Review

The Open Ocean

Environment far from landforms with plenty of light and water temperatures that vary with depth; marine organisms can move about freely.

Coral Reef

Warm and shallow environment; built from sea floor; rich diversity of marine life.

Kelp Forest

Sunny environment with dense forest of fast-growing seaweed.

Mangrove Forest

Environment with warm temperatures; tree roots are covered during high tide and exposed during low tide.

Rocky Shore

Environment with strong wave action; organisms are adapted to both wet and dry conditions.

Polar Sea

Extremely cold environment dominated by ice; very little sunlight during parts of the year.

Salt Marsh

Wet and dry environment; long grasses; thick mud.

Deep Ocean

Dark environment with cold water temperature; few animal communities.

Ecosystem

The living and non-living things interacting in an environment.

Biological Community

All the organisms living together in an environment.

Benthic

Related to the bottom of the ocean.

Organisms

Living things.

Abiotic Factor

A non-living part of an ecosystem.

Whale Fall

Dead whale that settles onto the ocean floor.

Bone Specialist

Lives on the whale skeleton.

Bone Eaters

Organisms that eat bones.

Sea Anemones

Types of marine organisms on a whale carcass.

Succession

Changes in ecological community that occur over time.

National Marine Sanctuary

Federally protected coastal marine environment.

Decomposers

What happens to a dead whale over years.

Mangrove

A tropical tree that grows in salt water.

Biotic Factors

Living parts of an ecosystem.

What will I do as a scientist?

Make observations, ask questions, draw conclusions, and have many tools.

What tools and strategies will I use?

Pictures, animation, satellite imagery, and models

What will I keep records of?

Labeled sketches, measurements, mathematical calculations, and questions