Ocean Greatness
Large clumps of minerals found on seafloor
What are nodules
A transfer of energy
What is a wave
Where most precipitation falls on planet Earth
What is the Ocean
The base organism in the marine food web
What is Phytoplankton
Calcium carbonate deposited by organisms
What is reef
Seafloor fishing technique
What is bottom trawling
What is storm surge
This element makes up more than half of all mineral composition
What is Chlorine
Where most evaporation occurs on planet Earth
What is the ocean
What is apex predator
Organisms that produce their own food
What are producers
The daily rise and fall of sea level
What are tides
This mineral makes up 3.5% of the mass of the ocean
What is salt?
Sea slugs, Starfish, octopi, clams, sponges, sea worms, crabs and lobsters all identify as this.
What is invertebrates
Bacteria, worms, and sea slugs all identify as this
What are decomposers
The largest ocean
What is Pacific
The angle degree formed between Sun, Moon, and Earth that cause Neap tides.
What is 90 degrees
Plankton's form of movement
What is float
Trait all fish have to extract oxygen
What are gills
A large change of this can ruin a coral reef forever.
What is temperature
Adult sea turtle diet
Seagrass and algae
Driven by Thermohaline Circulation
What is deep ocean circulation
Hydrothermal vents are located here
What is mid-ocean ridges
Trait all sea mammals have to secrete salt?
What are kidneys
Also known as Primary Productivity
What is food energy