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| 8070243410 | Mangrove Forest | Ecosystem with large salt tolerant trees that help protect the shoreline from storms | 0 | |
| 8070257604 | Kelp Forest | Ecosystem with large seaweed and home to sea otters and sea urchins | 1 | |
| 8070265891 | Coral Reefs | Ecosystem that is found in warm tropical areas and is home to lots of different species | 2 | |
| 8070273126 | Open Ocean | Ecosystem that is away from the shoreline and has many migratory animals | 3 | |
| 8070277006 | Abyssal Plain | The deepest ecosystem. Very dark with strange creatures like the angler fish. | 4 | |
| 8070285039 | Antarctic | South Pole. Very cold. Home to penguins. | 5 | |
| 8070292072 | Arctic | North Pole. Very cold. Home to polar bears. | 6 | |
| 8070298783 | Mudflats and Salt march | Intertidal area. Organisms must be adapted to extreme conditions. | 7 | |
| 8070309011 | Hydrothermal Vents | Supplies nutrients from the Earth's mantle. Bacteria can convert these nutrients into food using chemosynthesis. | 8 | |
| 8070317426 | Bathyal Zone | Middle zone of the open ocean. Dimly lit | 9 | |
| 8070320598 | Abyssal zone | Bottom zone of the open ocean. No light. High in nutrients. | 10 | |
| 8070324666 | Euphotic zone | Top zone of the open ocean. Light. Photosynthesis. | 11 | |
| 8070327362 | Coastal Zone | Coastal area of the ocean. Home to 90% of known marine species. | 12 | |
| 8070330520 | Nekton | Large marine organisms. Fish, sharks, marine mammals, etc. | 13 | |
| 8070336506 | Plankton | Microscopic organisms that live in the ocean. | 14 | |
| 8070339652 | Benthos | Bottom dwellers in the ocean. Ex: oyster, crabs, star fish | 15 | |
| 8070343294 | Surface Currents | Currents driven by wind. | 16 | |
| 8070345719 | Thermohaline currents | Currents driven by difference in density due to temperature and salinity | 17 | |
| 8070349020 | Bycatch | Organisms that were unintentionally caught by commercial fisheries. | 18 | |
| 8070357357 | Longline | Type of fishing method where a long line with hooks is cast from a boat | 19 | |
| 8070365234 | Bottom-trawling | Type of fishing method where a large net is dragged along the bottom of the ocean | 20 | |
| 8070370336 | Driftnet | Type of fishing method where a net is cast from a boat and is left to drift in the ocean | 21 | |
| 8070374085 | Deep Horizon | Largest oil spill in US history. 2010 | 22 | |
| 8070377154 | Exxon Valdez | Oil spill in Alaska in 1989 | 23 | |
| 8070384380 | Zooxanthellae | Algae that live in the polyps of coral | 24 | |
| 8070386459 | H2CO3 | Carbonic Acid | 25 | |
| 8070389904 | CaCO3 | Calcium Carbonate. What shells and coral skeleton are made of | 26 | |
| 8070400551 | HCO3- | Bicarbonate | 27 | |
| 8070402939 | H+ | Ion that makes solutions acidic | 28 | |
| 8070404993 | Ocean Acidification | Caused by excess carbon dioxide dissolving in the ocean | 29 | |
| 8070409118 | Coral Bleaching | Caused by the warming of ocean temperatures and leads to the loss of symbiotic algae from coral | 30 | |
| 8070418637 | Bioaccumulation | The buildup of toxins in an individual throughout its lifetime | 31 | |
| 8070420610 | Biomagnification | The increase in toxins as one moves up the food chain | 32 | |
| 8070423274 | Mercury | Pollutant that comes from coal burning power plants. Can lead to neurological damage | 33 | |
| 8070429090 | PCBs | Pollutant from industry and commercial waste. Banned in the US in 1979. | 34 | |
| 8070435105 | Red Tides | Algae that produce toxins that are dangerous to wildlife | 35 | |
| 8070443024 | Marine Protected Area | Restricts human activity in these areas | 36 | |
| 8070446219 | Marine Reserves | Zones in the ocean where humans can not catch fish. | 37 | |
| 8070448614 | Marine Mammal Protection Act | Protects all marine mammals in US waters | 38 | |
| 8070458233 | Booms and skimmers | Mechanical way to clean up oil spill. Like a vacuum. | 39 |
