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| Autotroph | an organism that manufactures its own organic matter by using energy from the sun or other sources` |
| Heterotroph | an organism that obtain energy from other organic matter |
| ATP | a molecule that stores energy and releases it to power chemical reactions in organisms |
| Primary Production | the conversion of the inorganic carbon, usually in the form of carbon dioxide into organic compounds by autorophs |
| Prokaryotes | an organism, such as bacteria, with a prokaryotic cell |
| Eukaryotes | an organism that consists of one or more eukaryotic cells |
| Osmosis | the movement of water across a selectively permeable membrane such as the cell membrane which allows only certain molecules to pass through |
| Diffusion | the movement of molecules from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration |
| Zooxanthellae | dinoflagellates that live within the tissues of reef corals and other marine animals |
| Reproduction Strategies | the reproductive patterns that are followed by a particular species |
| Natural Selection & Adaptation | a mechanism of evolutionary change that results when individuals that are better adapted than others in meeting the challenges of the environment produce more offspring |
| Algae | any of several groups of eukaryotic, autotrophic protists that lack the structural features of plants |
| Thallus | the complete body of a seaweed |
| Blade | the leaf-like portion of the thallus of a seaweed |
| Mariculture | the cultural of marine organisms |
| Stipes | the stem-like portion of the thallus of seaweeds |
| Holdfast | the root-like portion of the thallus of a seaweed |
| Pnematocysts | a gas-filled bladder in seaweeds |
| Epighytes | a photosynthetic organism that lives o algae or plants |
| Alternation of Generation | a reproductive cycle in which a sexual stage alternates which an asexual one, as in the case of a gametophyte alternation with a sporophyte |
| Phycocolloids | one of several starch-like chemicals found in some seaweeds |
| Agar | a chemically important phycocolloid extracted from red algae |
| Carrageenan | a phycocolloid extracted from red alage that is widely used in food processing |
| Angiosperms | plants that have flowers, seeds and true leaves, stems and roots |
| Mangroves | shrubs and trees that live along the seashore in tropical and subtropical regions and tolerate inundation by seawater |
| Halophytes | a salt-tolerant terrestrial plant |
