Ocean 100 Final - SDSU Questions With
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Euphotic zone first 200 meters
-where photosynthesis can take place
-suns radiation can be absorbed
Seed Plants -true plants
-not very abundant
-grasses, eelgrass and surfgrass
-mangroves
-like warm, muddy waters
-have a root system
Protists a) large algae(seaweed)
-brown algae(kelp), green (sponge weed), red (rhodophyta)
b) phytoplankton(small algae)
-most producers
-diatoms
, Ocean 100 Final - SDSU Questions With
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-coccolithophores
-dinoflagellates
Eukaryotes seed plants and protists
Prokaryotes -ancient and very old
-blue-green algae, cyanobacteria
-first photosynthesizers, phytoplankton (chalk)
-red algae is adapted to survive at greater depths (irish moss)
regions of high productivity -polar regions
-coasts
-coral reefs
polar regions -no thermocline
-great amounts of sea life
, Ocean 100 Final - SDSU Questions With
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coasts -upwelling b/c eckman transport(winds moving water)
-nutrients coming from land
coral reefs very productive
regions of low productivity -subtropical gyres
-far from coasts
-water doesn't move up or down
-no upwelling
-very high thermocline
energy flow -Producers
-Consumers
producers -all photosynthetic
-autotrophs-self surviving (produce their own food)
Complete Solutions
Euphotic zone first 200 meters
-where photosynthesis can take place
-suns radiation can be absorbed
Seed Plants -true plants
-not very abundant
-grasses, eelgrass and surfgrass
-mangroves
-like warm, muddy waters
-have a root system
Protists a) large algae(seaweed)
-brown algae(kelp), green (sponge weed), red (rhodophyta)
b) phytoplankton(small algae)
-most producers
-diatoms
, Ocean 100 Final - SDSU Questions With
Complete Solutions
-coccolithophores
-dinoflagellates
Eukaryotes seed plants and protists
Prokaryotes -ancient and very old
-blue-green algae, cyanobacteria
-first photosynthesizers, phytoplankton (chalk)
-red algae is adapted to survive at greater depths (irish moss)
regions of high productivity -polar regions
-coasts
-coral reefs
polar regions -no thermocline
-great amounts of sea life
, Ocean 100 Final - SDSU Questions With
Complete Solutions
coasts -upwelling b/c eckman transport(winds moving water)
-nutrients coming from land
coral reefs very productive
regions of low productivity -subtropical gyres
-far from coasts
-water doesn't move up or down
-no upwelling
-very high thermocline
energy flow -Producers
-Consumers
producers -all photosynthetic
-autotrophs-self surviving (produce their own food)
