WITHOUT LOOKING AT YOUR NEIGHBORS WORK, on the LEFT side of your notebook (page 30), draw what you think the bottom of the ocean looks like. You should only use the top half of the page to complete this assignment.

Do not worry about coloring or being overly detailed.

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Marine Ecosystems and the Oceans

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Types of Marine EcosystemsIntertidal AreasCoral ReefsEstuariesMangrove SwampsThe Sargasso SeaPolar Ice

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Marine Natural ResourcesLiving Resources Non-Living Resources

Fishing in the Ocean

Farming in the Ocean

Savory Seaweed

Oil and Natural Gas

Searching for OilFresh Water and

DesalinationSea-Floor MineralsTidal EnergyWave Energy

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Upwelling-- the movement of deep, cold, and nutrient

rich water to the surface

Draw, label, and define on page 30, at the bottom of the page.

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Estuaries-- an area where fresh water from rivers mixes

with salt water from the ocean

Draw, label, and define on page 30, at the bottom of the page.

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Dissolved GasesTurn to page 59

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Sanctuaries -- a protected area

http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/

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Bioindicators-- are species used to monitor the health of an

environment or ecosystem

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Coral Reef BioindicatorsPercentage hard coral cover, diversity indices, and vitality indices Growth rate (measurement of coral growth rates as an indication of

water quality)Productivity and calcification profiles (measurement of productivity

and calcification profiles as an indication of water quality)Coral fecundity and recruitment Zooxanthellae loss (quantifying the occurence and extent of coral

bleaching as a general bioassay of environmental stress on corals)Coral diseases and cyanobacterial blooms (frequency and severity of

occurances of coral diseases and cyanobacterial blooms)Bioaccumulation of metals, phosphorus in coral skeletons Physical damage

http://www.epa.gov/bioiweb1/html/coral_reef_indicators.html

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VocabularyNC Surface Water

Ocean EcosystemsRiver

TributariesRiver basins

IntertidalNeritricCoral reefsUpwellingOceanic zoneHydrothermal vent

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