an opening on the sea floor where superheated, chemically-rich fluid mixes with cold ocean water
hydrothermal vent
anenvironment in which organisms live in or around water.
aquatic habitat
this is a pencil length of wood drilled out of a tree trunk
core sample
this forms when salt waterflows into a lake but has no way of flowing out
salt lake
first pair of true legs used to sense the environment
antenniform legs
cells that move sugar through trees
phloem
when soil particles are carried away by wind or water.
erosion
an area of trees and undergrowth defined by four layers in Illinois
forest
animals with no backbone
invertebrates
narrow xylem tubes that are made when there's not much water in the soil
latewood
slender, pointy, green, and photosynthetic leaf of a conifer,
needle
still water
lentic
waterlogged soils
hydric soils
flowing water
lotic
still water
stagnant
cutting off a ring of bark all around a tree
girdling
Earth is getting too hot
climate change
microscopic photosynthetic algae and bacteria in the ocean
phytoplankton
clogged xylem found in the center of a tree
heartwood
cells that move water through trees
xylem
when an organism uses a chemical reaction to produce its own light.
bioluminescence
plants grow completely underwater, without extending above the surface
submergent
an organism that lives onor in another living thing (called a host), getting food or something beneficial from the host while harming them in the process.
parasite
a needle-like piercing, sucking mouthpart
hypostome
When ocean water gets too warm (just a few degrees hotter than normal), corals get stressed. This stress makes them push out the algae
coral bleaching
At the end of the opisthosoma, spiders have 4-6 fingerlike silk glands called ...
spinnerets
harmful substances find their way. into aquatic environments.
pollution
cooler than tropical forests but warmer than boreal forests
temperate forests
this is the type of forest that we have in Illinois now
temperate deciduous forest
the area where land and ocean connect
sea
single, undivided blade
simple leaf
the removal of too many fish from an area
overfishing
a fluid that transports nutrients, oxygen, and hormones in arachnids
hemolymph
An aquatic habitat that can be salt water or freshwater
wetland
rooted underwater, but parts of the plant stick out above the water’s surface
emergent
lungs named because their layers resemble the pages of a book
book lungs
wherewater first begins to flow.
headwaters
movement of extra nutrients into the water
eutrophication
wide flat leaves
broadleaf
the top layer of a forest
canopy
arrangement where a single leaf grows from each node on a plant stem
alternate
the top of a tree
crown
xylem tubes that still carry water make up this
sapwood
temporary aquatic habitat
ephemeral
very large, very open expanses of salt water.
ocean
a hard outer covering made of chitin
exoskeleton
an underwater ecosystem where small marine animals called polyps secrete calcium carbonate to build a hard structure.
coral reef
float on the surface of the water and get nutrients from the water column.
floating plants
this is in charge of making new phloem and xylem cells
cambium
organisms specially adapted to life in dark, nutrient-poor underground waters.
stygobionts
when ticks climb to the tips of vegetation and extend their front legs, waiting for a possible host to pass by
questing
this is made of earlywood and latewood and is used to age a tree
annual rings
oxygen in aquatic environments is mixed into the water
dissolved oxygen
the blade is divided and forms two or more blades on a common axis
compound leaf
a place where a freshwater river or stream meets an ocean orsea.
estuary
broadleaf trees whose leaves change color and drop
deciduous
when the pH of an environment is lowered
acidification
wide xylem tubes made when there's a lot of water in the soil
earlywood
a highly productive salt water ecosystem that are filled with stands of sea kelp, which is a large brown algae
kelp forest
arrangement in pairs, with two leaves emerging from the same point (node)on the stem, positioned directly across from each other
opposite
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