Vocabulary List
- Decompose: To disintegrate, to break down
- Meter: Unit of measurement, 1 meter is about 3.28 feet
- Moisture: The amount of moist in the air
- Nematocyst: A barbed, threadlike tube that delivers a paralyzing sting
- Organism: Any type of living thing
- Oceanic Currents: direct movement of ocean water, caused by many forces such as the earth's rotation or convection current
- Plankton: Plants or animals that flow/drift in clear or ocean water in great number (things that grow on the sides of fish tanks) zooplankton and phytoplankton are types of them
- Salinity: Amount of salt in a given amount of water
- Species: A specific type of organism
- Tidal bulges: A bulge created by gravitational attraction
- Tidepools: Small pools of water during low tides, where many organisms take refuge at.
- Tides: The rise and fall of ocean waters
- Zones: A location with distinctive features