Ocean Vocab

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The top layer of the ocean where sunlight penetrates.

The first 200 meters (656 feet) of ocean water, which includes the seashore and most of the continental shelf.

A device that allows divers to breathe underwater for long periods of time.

A living thing that produces its own food within itself, usually by using sunlight energy in photosynthesis

Organisms that live on or in the ocean floor.

An opening in the sea floor where super-heated water and other material are discharged into the surrounding seawater.

A body of water where a river meets the ocean.

A free-swimming organisms whose movements are independent of the tides, currents, and waves.