| A | B |
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| chemosynthesis | process for making food that does not require chlorophyll |
| consumers | organisms that get food by eating producers or consumers |
| decomposers | organisms that break down dead organisms and return nutrients to the ecosystem |
| density current | currents in deep water that form when dense sea water sinks |
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| ecosystem | community of organisms and the nonliving factors that affect them |
| food chain | systems in which energy is transferred from producers to consumers and decomposers |
| nekton | organisms that swim freely |
| photosynthesis | process for making food and oxygen using chlorophyll, sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water |
| phytoplankton | tiny marine producers |
| producers | organisms that make their own food |
| salinity | measure of the amount of salts dissolved in the ocean |
| surface currents | currents caused by winds |
| thermocline | ocean layer that experiences rapid temperature change with increasing depth |
| tide | the rise and fall of sea level |
| upwelling | current that brings to the surface cold, deep sea water |
| waves | rhythmic disturbances that carry energy |
| Most of Earth's rain and snow comes from... | the oceans |
| Salinity is a measure of | dissolved salts |
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