Name: ________________________
Unit 1: Oceanography
Essential Questions:
What is marine science? What makes the marine environment unique to the organisms that live in it?
Goals:
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Know the oceans and continents
Describe average characteristics of the oceans
Be able to explain why water is the universal solvent
Know the composition of saltwater
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Know examples of basic marine ecosystems
Be able to distinguish between zones of the ocean.
Explain how plate tectonics shape our oceans
Unit Test: ____________
Vocabulary you should already know from biology or
middle school science…
Hypothesis, dependent variable, independent variable
Quantitative vs qualitative
control group, experimental group, constants
mass, volume, length, density
metric units (gram, meter, liter)
names and use of laboratory equipment
adaptation/ natural selection
atoms, elements, molecules, compounds
ionic and covalent bonds
law of conservation of matter
acids, bases, and buffers (pH scale)
cell structures and types
genes
autotroph, heterotroph
Plate tectonics (divergent, convergent, transform
boundaries; Pangea, continental drift)*
Vocabulary you will need to know for this unit:
saline
brackish
brine
salinity
water (H2O)
hydrogen bond
polar
adhesion
cohesion
solution (solute, solvent)
surface tension
density
Coriolis effect
Suggestion: cross a term off of this list if you know the definition without looking it up.
SOFAR channel
Density
Thermocline
Halocline
Mangrove
Salt Marsh
Estuary
Coral Reef
Intertidal
Plankton
Nekton
Benthos
Water Column
Epipelagic
Mesopelagic
Bathypelagic
Abyssopelagic
Hadalpelagic
Photic Zone
Euphotic Zone
Disphotic Zone
Aphotic Zone
Sublittoral
Littoral Zone
Neritic Zone
Oceanic Zone
Create flash cards, lists, or quizlets for the remaining cards.