1. Oceans (Water) Vocabulary Nov 8, 2010
Nekton- free swimming aquatic animals.
Benthos- organisms which live on, in, or near the seabed, also known as the benthic zone.

2. Oceans (Water) Vocabulary Nov 9, 2010
SONAR – A system using transmitted and reflected underwater sound waves to detect and locate submerged objects or measure the distance to the floor of a body of water.
ROV Vehicles- remotely operated vehicles are robots operated by scientists aboard an ocean vessel.

3. Oceans (Water) Vocabulary Nov 10, 2010
Remote Sensing- Using technology to retrieve information from locations that hard to reach. (Usually by aircraft, spacecraft, satellite, buoy, or ship )
Ground proofing-
Sending scientists to collect
info in the field.

4. Oceans (Water) Vocabulary Nov 12, 2010
Neritic Zone- Coastal area of the ocean. Which extends from the surf to the end of the continental shelf.
Pelagic Zone- The open-ocean area which is divided into habitats by depth.