VOCABULARYVOCABULARY
LIFE ZONES LIFE ZONES
OF THE OCEANOF THE OCEAN
PLANKTONPLANKTON
THE LARGEST GROUP OF THE LARGEST GROUP OF ANIMALS OR PLANTS (THEY ANIMALS OR PLANTS (THEY FLOAT ON OR NEAR THE FLOAT ON OR NEAR THE SURFACE) SURFACE)
NEKTONNEKTON
FORMS OF OCEAN LIFE FORMS OF OCEAN LIFE THAT SWIMTHAT SWIM
BENTHOSBENTHOS
ORGANISMS THAT LIVE ON ORGANISMS THAT LIVE ON THE OCEAN FLOORTHE OCEAN FLOOR
PREDATORPREDATOR
ORGANISMS THAT EAT ORGANISMS THAT EAT OTHER ORGANISMSOTHER ORGANISMS
PREYPREY
ORGANISMS THAT GET ORGANISMS THAT GET EATEN EATEN
INTERTIDAL ZONEINTERTIDAL ZONE
THE REGION THAT LIES THE REGION THAT LIES BETWEEN THE LOW AND BETWEEN THE LOW AND HIGH TIDES, SOMETIMES HIGH TIDES, SOMETIMES OCEAN AND SOMETIMES OCEAN AND SOMETIMES DRY LAND. ALSO KNOWN DRY LAND. ALSO KNOWN AS AS THE LITTORAL ZONETHE LITTORAL ZONE
SUBLITTORAL ZONESUBLITTORAL ZONE
EXTENDS FROM THE LOW EXTENDS FROM THE LOW TIDE LINE TO THE EDGE OF TIDE LINE TO THE EDGE OF THE CONTINENTAL SHELFTHE CONTINENTAL SHELF
NERITIC ZONENERITIC ZONE
THE VOLUME OF WATER THE VOLUME OF WATER THAT COVERS THE THAT COVERS THE CONTINENTAL SHELF CONTINENTAL SHELF
PELAGIC PELAGIC ENVIRONMENTENVIRONMENT
THE ENTIRE VOLUME OF THE ENTIRE VOLUME OF WATER IN THE OCEAN AND WATER IN THE OCEAN AND THE MARINE ORGANISMS THAT THE MARINE ORGANISMS THAT LIVE ABOVE THE OCEAN LIVE ABOVE THE OCEAN FLOOR. ALSO CALLED FLOOR. ALSO CALLED THETHE OPEN OCEAN OR OPEN SEA OPEN OCEAN OR OPEN SEA ZONEZONE
EPIPELAGIC OR EUPHOTIC EPIPELAGIC OR EUPHOTIC ZONEZONE
TOP LAYER OF THE OCEAN TOP LAYER OF THE OCEAN WHERE ENOUGH SUNLIGHT WHERE ENOUGH SUNLIGHT PENETRATES TO ALLOW PENETRATES TO ALLOW PHOTOSYNTHESIS TO PHOTOSYNTHESIS TO OCCUROCCUR(PHOTOSYNTHETIC (PHOTOSYNTHETIC ZONE OR PHOTIC ZONE)ZONE OR PHOTIC ZONE)
MESOPELAGIC ZONEMESOPELAGIC ZONE
TWILIGHT ZONE-SOME TWILIGHT ZONE-SOME SUNLIGHT PENETRATES SUNLIGHT PENETRATES BUT NOT ENOUGH FOR BUT NOT ENOUGH FOR PHOTOSYNTHESIS TO PHOTOSYNTHESIS TO OCCUR OCCUR (DISPHOTIC (DISPHOTIC ZONE)ZONE)
BATHYALPELAGIC BATHYALPELAGIC ZONEZONE
PART OF THE OPEN OCEAN PART OF THE OPEN OCEAN ZONE THAT EXTENDS FROM ZONE THAT EXTENDS FROM THE CONTINENTAL SLOPE TO THE CONTINENTAL SLOPE TO ABOUT 2000M, ABOUT 2000M, (APHOTIC)(APHOTIC)LIGHTLIGHT DOES NOT PENETRATE THIS DOES NOT PENETRATE THIS ZONE ZONE (BATHYAL ZONE)(BATHYAL ZONE)
ABYSSOPELAGIC ZONEABYSSOPELAGIC ZONE
ABYSSAL ZONE- ABYSSAL ZONE- PART OF THE PART OF THE OPEN OCEAN ZONE EXTENDING OPEN OCEAN ZONE EXTENDING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE BATHYAL ZONE TO THE ABYSSAL BATHYAL ZONE TO THE ABYSSAL PLAIN, PLAIN, (APHOTIC) (APHOTIC) NO LIGHT AND NO LIGHT AND FREEZING. ALSO KNOWN AS FREEZING. ALSO KNOWN AS THE THE ABYSSABYSS
HADALPELAGIC ZONEHADALPELAGIC ZONE
HADAL ZONE- HADAL ZONE- (APHOTIC)(APHOTIC) DEEPEST BENTHIC ZONE, DEEPEST BENTHIC ZONE, WHICH CONSISTS OF THE WHICH CONSISTS OF THE FLOOR OF THE OCEAN FLOOR OF THE OCEAN TRENCHES, AND ANY TRENCHES, AND ANY ORGANISMS FOUND THERE. ORGANISMS FOUND THERE. GREATER THAN 6,000 METERSGREATER THAN 6,000 METERS
WAVES, CURRENTS, AND WAVES, CURRENTS, AND TIDESTIDES
THE 3 BASIC MOTIONS OF THE 3 BASIC MOTIONS OF OCEAN WATEROCEAN WATER
WAVESWAVES
THE UP AND DOWN MOTION THE UP AND DOWN MOTION OF THE OCEAN OF THE OCEAN
WAVELENGTHWAVELENGTH
THE DISTANCE FROM 1 THE DISTANCE FROM 1 WAVE CREST TO THE NEXT WAVE CREST TO THE NEXT OR 1 WAVE TROUGH TO THE OR 1 WAVE TROUGH TO THE NEXT NEXT
CRESTCREST
THE HIGHEST POINT OF A THE HIGHEST POINT OF A WAVE WAVE
TROUGHTROUGH
THE LOWEST POINT OF A THE LOWEST POINT OF A WAVE WAVE
WAVEHEIGHTWAVEHEIGHT
THE VERTICAL DISTANCE THE VERTICAL DISTANCE BETWEEN THE WAVE CREST BETWEEN THE WAVE CREST AND THE WAVE TROUGH AND THE WAVE TROUGH
TSUNAMISTSUNAMIS
TIDAL WAVESTIDAL WAVES
SURFACE CURRENTSSURFACE CURRENTS
CONTROLLED BY: GLOBAL CONTROLLED BY: GLOBAL WINDS, CORIOLIS EFFECT, WINDS, CORIOLIS EFFECT, AND CONTINENTAL AND CONTINENTAL DEFLECTIONS (GULF DEFLECTIONS (GULF STREAM), WARM AND COLD STREAM), WARM AND COLD WATER CURRENTSWATER CURRENTS
CORIOLIS EFFECTCORIOLIS EFFECT
EARTH’S ROTATION CAUSES EARTH’S ROTATION CAUSES SURFACE CURRENTS TO SURFACE CURRENTS TO CURVE TO THE RIGHT IN THE CURVE TO THE RIGHT IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE AND THE LEFT IN THE AND THE LEFT IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERESOUTHERN HEMISPHERE
GLOBAL WINDSGLOBAL WINDS
WINDS BLOWING ACROSS WINDS BLOWING ACROSS EARTH’S SURFACE CAUSING EARTH’S SURFACE CAUSING SURFACE CURRENTSSURFACE CURRENTS
CONTINENTAL CONTINENTAL DEFLECTIONSDEFLECTIONS
WHEN SURFACE CURRENTS WHEN SURFACE CURRENTS MEET CONTINENTS THEY MEET CONTINENTS THEY ARE DEFLECTEDARE DEFLECTED
DEEP CURRENTSDEEP CURRENTS
DUE TO TEMPERATURE AND DUE TO TEMPERATURE AND SALINITY, DENSITY OF SALINITY, DENSITY OF WATER CHANGES CAUSING WATER CHANGES CAUSING DIFFERENT CURRENTS TO DIFFERENT CURRENTS TO RUN AT DIFFERENT DEPTHS RUN AT DIFFERENT DEPTHS AND SPEEDSAND SPEEDS
LONGSHORE CURRENTSLONGSHORE CURRENTS
CURRENTS THAT ARE MORE CURRENTS THAT ARE MORE PARALLEL TO THE PARALLEL TO THE SHORELINESHORELINE
RIP TIDERIP TIDE
CURRENTS THAT RETURN CURRENTS THAT RETURN TO THE OCEAN IN A TO THE OCEAN IN A POWERFUL NARROW FLOWPOWERFUL NARROW FLOW
UPWELLINGUPWELLING
RISING OF DEEP, COLD RISING OF DEEP, COLD WATER CURRENTS TO THE WATER CURRENTS TO THE OCEAN’S SURFACEOCEAN’S SURFACE
EL NINOEL NINO
PERIODIC CHANGE IN THE PERIODIC CHANGE IN THE LOCATION OF WARM AND LOCATION OF WARM AND COOL SURFACE WATERS IN COOL SURFACE WATERS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN THAT THE PACIFIC OCEAN THAT AFFECTS WEATHERAFFECTS WEATHER
SWELLSWELL
ROLLING WAVES THAT ROLLING WAVES THAT MOVE IN A STEADY MOVE IN A STEADY PROCESSION ACROSS THE PROCESSION ACROSS THE OCEANOCEAN
WHITECAPSWHITECAPS
A WHITE, FOAMING WAVE A WHITE, FOAMING WAVE WITH STEEP CREST THAT WITH STEEP CREST THAT BREAKS IN THE OPEN BREAKS IN THE OPEN OCEAN OCEAN
STORM SURGESTORM SURGE
LOCAL RISE IN THE SEA LOCAL RISE IN THE SEA LEVEL NEAR SHORE LEVEL NEAR SHORE CAUSED BY STRONG WINDS CAUSED BY STRONG WINDS FROM A STORM- OFTEN THE FROM A STORM- OFTEN THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE PART MOST DESTRUCTIVE PART OF A HURRICANEOF A HURRICANE
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