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| the process in which large sections of the earth's crust move about |
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| passive continental margin |
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| one that is on the "trailing edge" of a continent and therefore has little geological activity |
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| active continental margin |
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| one that is colliding with another plate and therefore has a lot of geological activity |
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| a tidal pattern with two high and two low tides each day |
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| a tidal pattern with one high and one low tide each day |
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| a tidal pattern in which two successive high tides are of different heights |
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| as a result of the earth's rotation, anything that moves large distances on the earth's surface tends to bend to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere |
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| The movement of water from high to low concentrations across a membrane |
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| the transfer of substances across membranes by a cell against a concentration gradient |
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| a blood protein that transports oxygen in many animals; in vertebrates it is contained in erythrocytes, or red blood cells |
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| primary producers (phytoplankton) and consumers (zooplankton) that drift with the currents |
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| the conversion of carbon from an inorganic form, carbon dioxide, into organic matter by autotrophs - that is, the production of food |
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| those that migrate from the sea t ospawn in fresh water |
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| those that migrate from fresh water t ospawn at sea |
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| difference i nwater level between successive high and low tides |
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| autotrophic bacteria that use energy contained in inorganic compounds rather than sunlight to make organic matter |
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| particles of dead organic matter |
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| animals that feed on organic matter that settles in the sediment |
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| animals, including filter feeders, that feed on particles suspended in the water column |
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| the sharing of a resource by two or more species to avoid competition |
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| conversion of nitrogen gas (N2) into nitrogen compounds that can be used by primary producers as nutrients |
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| the tropical indian and wesern and central pacific oceans |
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| increased growth of algae as a consequence of excess nutrients |
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