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What is a SEA?
This is the part of the ocean partially enclosed by land.
What is coral made of?
A coral reef is made of thin layers of calcium carbonate. Coral polyps form a living mat over a calcium carbonate skeleton
What is a VERTEBRATE?
This is an animal with a spine
What is the MARIANA TRENCH?
It is the deepest place in the pacific ocean, reaching 10,994 meters.
Name 4 of the world’s OCEANS?
Arctic, Indian, Pacific, Atlantic & Southern
What are the 7 TAXONOMIC ranks/categories?
Kingdom, Phylum, Order, Class, Family, Genus & Species.
Name 3 types of marine mammals
Dolphin
Sea Lion
Whales
What color penetrates deepest into ocean water?
BLUE
What are 3 parts of a WAVE?
Crest - highest part of a wave
Trough - lowest part of a wave
Wavelength - how long a wave is
What are 3 types of SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIPS?
Parasitism, Mutualism and Commensalism.
When referring to the marine food web, what is a consumer?
They do not make their own food - they obtain it by consuming other organisms
What is BIOLUMINESCENCE?
This is a chemical reaction in a microbe or animal body that creates light without heat.
What is the CORIOLIS EFFECT?
THIS is the apparent curvature of global winds, ocean currents, and everything else that moves freely across the Earth’s surface.
What are 3 types of coral reefs?
Fringing reefs (which grow in shallow water)
Barrier reefs (long reefs that grow parallel to the coast)
Atolls (ring-shaped reefs)
What is the largest animal in the sea?
What is the smallest animal in the sea?
Largest - blue whale
Smallest - zooplankton
What are THREE examples of ADAPTATIONS of DEEP SEA ANIMALS?
Red Coloration
Giantism
Dwarfism
Transparency
Bioluminescence
Name 4 minerals found in sea water
Chloride, Sodium, Magnesium, Sulphur, Calcium, Bromine
Name 3 parts of a polyp.
Stomach
Mouth
Tentacle (stinging cells)
Base
How do fish breathe?
Take water into its mouth and forcing it out through the gill passages. As water passes over the thin walls of the gills, dissolved oxygen moves into the blood and travels to the fish cells.
What is the Twilight Zone?
THIS is the middle layer of the world’s oceans, which receives only faint, filtered sunlight during the daytime.