Vocab 1
Vocab 2
Ocean Facts
Ocean Zones
Final Jeopardy
100
This describes the saltiness of the ocean water.

Salinity

100

Is the force of water pressing against an object under water.

Water pressure

100

What percent of all the Earth's water is salt water? What percent of all the Earth's water is freshwater?

97% is salt

3% is fresh

100

Name the three ocean zones from closest to the shore to furthest in the ocean.

1. Intertidal Zone

2. Near Shore Zone

3. Open Ocean Zone

200

A structure in the ocean that the ocean current cannot move.

Jetty

200

A continuous flow of water that flows in regular patterns.

Current

200

When scientists are exploring the depths of the ocean, they can only go so far before needing special equipment. What three factors limit science exploration?

Temperature, Darkness, Water Pressure

200

Which zone is the area between high and low tide? Because of the tide some can be underwater and some can be exposed.

Intertidal Zone

300

This is the very large, flat part of the ocean floor. The average depth is 15,000 feet.

Abyssal Plain

300

A group of microscopic organisms that are drifting in the ocean.

Plankton

300

How is the moon and the ocean tides related to one another?

Tides are caused by the "pull" of the sun and moon on Earth's oceans.

300
Extreme conditions are here where only certain organisms can live.

Open Ocean Zone

400

This is water that flows outward from the shore against the direction of incoming waves.

Rip Current

400

A submerged feature underwater that was eroded away by waves.

Guyot

400

What does it mean when an ocean wave breaks?

As waves approach the shoreline the bottom of the wave drags on the sea floor and slows. The top of the wave continues to move forward and "breaks."

400

Hydrothermal Vents are found here

Open Ocean Zone

500

This is the steeply sloping part of the ocean where the ocean rapidly starts to get deeper and deeper.

Continental Slope

500

Each continent is bordered by land. This vocabulary term is the scientific name for the underwater border of each continent.

Continental Shelf

500

List the five oceans in order from largest to smallest.

1. Pacific 2. Atlantic 3. Indian 4. Southern 5. Arctic

500

This is the zone nicknamed "The Underwater Buffet."

Near Shore Zone

500

A wave doesn't actually care water, but it carries something else. What is it?

Energy

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