The Emergence Machine

Benthos

abstract · Marine Science · Level 6 · E6

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Emergence definition

Benthos are diverse organisms living on or in a large body of water that borders land masses, where the transparent, tasteless, odorless liquid composed of hydrogen and oxygen molecules, essential for all known forms of life, occupies vast areas of space and extends over land.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “benthos” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Historical origin

Origin word
benthos
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL6L5L4L3L2L1L0BenthosGeologyMarineSeaOceanOrganismRockWater ElementCellMineralSystemWaterEnvironmentFormLandLifeActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Environment L2 (requires) polysemous
    benthos builds on the concept of environment
  • Organism L4 (requires)
    Benthos are diverse organisms living on or in seafloor substrates, including sponges, crustaceans, worms, and mollusks.
  • Marine L5 (requires)
    benthos builds on the concept of marine
  • Sea L5 (requires)
    benthos builds on the concept of sea