OCEANOGRAPHY
A type of wave often the result of an underwater earthquake
What is a tsunami
The name for a sharks tail fin
What is a caudal fin
This animal has tube feet, five arms and a water vascular system
What is a sea star
The oldest ocean in the world
What is the Pacific Ocean
These pinepeds have ear flaps, which make them different from seals in New England. They also are very most as they "bark" off the California coast
What are sea lions
These are responsible for around 200 beach deaths per year
What are rip currents
This type of shark is thought to live 400+ years old
What is the Greenland Shark
This animal sounds like a form of currency. Echinoderms with hair-like feet that allows them to borrow in the sand.
What are sand dollars
These ecosystems, made up of large brown algae, generally occur in cold, nutrient-rich waters. They provide food, shelter, and protection for thousands of species
What is a Kelp Forest
Sea otters display this behavior by holding hands to form these ____________.
What are rafts
The pH of the ocean
What is 8.3
Toothlike scales that cover the skin of sharks and rays
What are dermal denticles
This free-swimming cnidarian has tentacles with barbs and stinging cells, a soft top, radial symmetry and no brain
What are jellyfish
This ecosystem is home to ~25% of marine life in the ocean. They can be very colorful and are formed by exoskeletons polyps that form colonies
What is a coral reef
This is the term for what sea otters and apex predator sharks, like white sharks, are to an ecosystem. If they were to be removed, not only is the food web affected but the environment would change as well
What are keystone species
The Mid-Atlantic ridge is this kind of sea floor feature. It is the largest of these in the world!
What is a mountain range
A method of breathing that nurse sharks use allowing them to lay on the sea floor
What is buccal pumping
This predatory marine invertebrate may have a mutualistic relationship with clownfish
What is a sea anemone
An ecosystem important for juvenile fish, manatees, marine invertebrates and green sea turtles
What are seagrass beds
This marine mammal is a relative of the Florida Manatee. It is found in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans
What is a dugong
This is the name for features associated with underwater volcanoes. They occur around convergent and spreading ridge plate boundaries.
What are hydrothermal vents
Sharks and Rays belong to this class of Chondrichthyes. The have cartilage instead of bones that make up their skeleton
What are elasmobranches
The name for stinging cells of corals, jellyfish and anemones
What is a nematocysts
Coastal forests and critical habitats that act as nurseries and protect the coastline form erosion. They can filter salt water into fresh water
What are mangroves
These whales hang vertically in the water column to sleep. They are the deepest diving whale species. They are a kind of toothed whale
What are sperm whales