Finding Nemo

Mutualism

A symbiotic relationship like the one between Marlin, Nemo and the sea anemone. where Both partners benefit: one gets food, the other a place to live

Photic zone

Another name for the Epipelagic zone where the producers and biodiversity is greatest

Infauna

Benthic animals that live in the sand like the flounder that came off the bottom of the ocean in Finding Nemo

Mesopelagic zone

Marlin meets Dory in this semi-dark, (dsyphotic) zone also referred to as the twilight zone

Salinity

Nemo's tank should be the ocean average of 35ppt which is a measurement of this.

75%

The abyssal plain covers this much of the ocean floor.

Trench

The diver's mask falls into what appears to be a dark, bottomless pit in the ocean basin. What would this deepest part of the ocean be called?

Zooplankton

The jellyfish that Marlin and Dory run into are floaters that cannot make their own food. What term is used for these types of animals?

Abyssopelagic zone

The sharks were holding their meeting in a sunken boat on the bottom of the ocean which means they were in this high pressure ocean zone

Oxygen

The treasure chest full of bubbles in the dentist's office is called an aerator and it provides this for the fish

Heterotrophic

The whales sucks in Marlin and Dory along with thousands of krill. This term describes animals like krill that cannot make their own food

Archaebacteria

These chemosynthetic bacteria are the producers in the ocean zones where hydrothermal vents are found.

Marianna trench

This Pacific ocean trench is the deepest trench discovered to date dropping down to below 33,000 ft before hitting bottom.

Nitrate

This product of the nitrogen cycle feeds the algae so that the tank becomes dirty and toxic to fish which requires the dentist to clean the tank

Aphotic

This term refers to the lack of any light in three of the ocean zones

Hadalpelagic zone

What ocean zone contains the deep trenches

Algae

When Nemo stops the tank filter with a pebble it allows this green protest to grow because of excess nutrients

Ammonia

When fish poop in an aquarium they add this chemical to the water.

Epipelagic zone

Zone where Nemo and his classmates meet Mr. Ray. Full of coral, plants and glimmering sunlight

Nekton

Crush the turtle is not a floater, but is capable of swimming. What term is used to describe swimming organisms?