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Apologia Marine Bio Module 12
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Biology
11th Grade
03/23/2012

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Algae are not true plants.
Definition
Algae are not true plants.
Term
True

Sea grasses are true plants.
Definition
Sea grasses are true plants.
Term
True

Infauna are more abundant in a continental shelf than in an estuary because the sediment is finer in a continental shelf.
Definition
Infauna are more abundant in a continental shelf than in an estuary because the sediment is finer in a continental shelf.
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True

Infauna are deposit and suspension feeders.
Definition
Infauna are deposit and suspension feeders.
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True

Wave action carries out finer particles.
Definition
Wave action carries out finer particles.
Term
True

A few organisms feed on (live) seagrasses.
Definition
A few organisms feed on (live) seagrasses.
Term
True

A kelp forest creates a canopy, while a kelp bed does not.
Definition
A kelp forest creates a canopy, while a kelp bed does not.
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Holdfasts
Definition
Sea urchins devastate kelp forest by eating their...
Term
Planktonic
Definition
Diatoms cannot swim against ocean currents, so they are...
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Nektonic
Definition
Sharks can swim against currents, so they are
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Subtidal
Definition
Continental shelf is always underwater, so it is...
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Epifauna
Definition
Organisms that live on the substrate (such as a ray) are called...
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Infuana
Definition
Organisms that burrow in sediment are called...
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Soft-Bottom
Definition
Most continental shelf communities are ______-bottom.
Term
Meiofauna
Definition
Organisms that settle between sediment particles are called...
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Deposit feeders
Definition
Organisms that eat detritus that has settled onto the sediment.
Term
Microscopic algae
Definition
Primary producers living in unvegetated soft-bottom communities.
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Tropical climates
Definition
Turtle grass grows in...
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Temperate zones
Definition
Eel grass grows in...
Term
1. Light, 2. Cold, nutrient-filled water, 3. hard substrate
Definition
Three environmental factors to help kelp grow? (essay question)
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Benthos
Definition
Marine organisms that live on the sea bottom
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Nekton
Definition
Marine organisms that swim strongly enough to move against the ocean current
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Plankton
Definition
Marine organisms that cannot swim strongly enough to move against the ocean current
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