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Apologia Marine Bio Vocab Chapter 14
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Biology
11th Grade
04/26/2012

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Term
False.

Neutrally buoyant means organism sinks easily.
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Neutrally buoyant means organism sinks easily.
Term
False.

Deep sea organisms easily studied.
Definition
Deep sea organisms easily studied.
Term
True.

Deep sea organisms are typically small, lack of food.
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Deep sea organisms are typically small, lack of food.
Term
True.

Organisms which use the sit-and-wait tactic have watery flesh, strong muscles, and no swim bladder.
Definition
Organisms which use the sit-and-wait tactic have watery flesh, strong muscles, and no swim bladder.
Term
True.

Whale falls are used for 20-30 years.
Definition
Whale falls are used for 20-30 years.
Term
True.

Vertical migration was discovered in WWII.
Definition
Vertical migration was discovered in WWII.
Term
True.

Bioluminescence hides an organism's silhouette.
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Bioluminescence hides an organism's silhouette.
Term
True.

Mesopelagic fishes have tubular eyes like telescopes.
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Mesopelagic fishes have tubular eyes like telescopes.
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Creatures on deep sea floor are called...
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Benthic
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A highly sensitive chemical that captures single photons of light once every 8 hours
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Bacterial chlorophyll
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The main physical property separates zones of deep sea
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Pressure
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The making of organic material from inorganic substances using chemical energy
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chemosynthesis
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Cold seeps have ___ smokers
Definition
white smokers
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Organelles that are like light tunnels and collect few photons, store energy in light molecules-
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Chlorosomes
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The pelagic layer of the ocean where light can penetrate, yet without the intensity to support photosynthesis
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Mesopelagic Zone
Term
Submersible in 1977, found hydrothermal vents
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Alvin
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Many species of deep sea overcome difficulty of finding a mate and produce both eggs and sperm. These are called...
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hermaphrodites
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Male angler fish have no digestive system and attach to females. This is called...
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Male parasitism
Term
Photosynthesis takes place in deep sea because hydrothermal vent produce...
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Black body radiation
Term
True.

The deep sea does not contain vertical migrators.
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The deep sea does not contain vertical migrators.
Term
True.

The deep sea does not contain vertical migrators.
Definition
The deep sea does not contain vertical migrators.
Term
The largest group animals on sea floor
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Meiofauna
Term
True.

Hydrothermal vents are hot, actively spreading rift zones where heated water spews up from the crust,
Definition
Hydrothermal vents are hot, actively spreading rift zones where heated water spews up from the crust,
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Vent organisms that have no gut, symbiotic relationship with bacteria for nutrients
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Giant tube worms
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True.

Hydrothermal vents have black smokers.
Definition
Hydrothermal vents have black smokers.
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