Marine Ecology Unit Vocabulary

Substances required by organisms for growth, repair, energy, etc.

• Vitamins

• Minerals

• Nutrients

• Food

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Refers to the surrounding environment

• ambient

• atmosphere

• environment

• biotic

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The resistance to flow of a substance

• Weight

• Viscosity

• Flow

• Thickness

Organisms who depend on environmental sources of heat ("cold-blooded")

• Ectotherms

• Endotherms

• Homeotherms

• Neotherms

Organisms whose internal salt and water balance fluctuates with the outside environments are called

• osmoregulators

• osmoconformers

• osmosis

• saline regulators

The prefixes "a" and "an" mean

• Without

• Within

• Outside

• Inside

Gas made of carbon that is dissolved in seawater

• Carbon dioxide

• Carbon monoxide

• Hydrocarbons

• Calcium carbonate

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The removal of marine life from the ocean by humans 

• Fishing

• Harvesting

• Catching

• Poaching

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Found in all organic compounds, such as carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins 

• Magnesium

• Carbon

• Phosphorus

• Oxygen

The non-living part of the environment

• Abiotic

• Biotic

• Biologic

• Abiologic

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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