Ocean Features
The part of the ocean floor you are on while you are swimming at the beach.
Continental shelf
This is a measure of how much salt is in the water
Salinity
What are 3 ways that ocean water moves?
Tides, currents, waves
These plant-like free floating organisms are the base of the ocean food web
Phytoplankton
As you go deeper in the ocean, the number of living species (increases or decreases)
Decreases
What part of the ocean floor has the most living organisms?
Continental shelf
Where does the salt come from that is found in the ocean?
Rivers running over rocks on land
The major current that affects the weather on the East Coast of the United States
The Gulf Stream
These are microscopic ANIMALS, that act like consumers, that are eaten by other sea creatures
Zooplankton
As the depth of the ocean increases, the water pressure (increases or decreases)
Increases
This has a steep incline, is covered with sediments, and extends from the continental shelf toward the ocean floor
Continental slope
As water evaporates from the ocean what happens to the salt in the ocean
The salt is left behind
The main cause of tides on the earth
Gravitational pull of the moon
Phytoplankton must live near the surface of the ocean because they need ______ for photosynthesis
Sunlight
An adaptation found on creatures living in the twilight or midnight zones
Bioluminescence (glowing or making their own light)
These are the deepest parts of the ocean floor. They are caused by convergent boundaries (plates moving together).
Trench
Water with a higher salinity are (more or less) dense?
More dense
The number of high tides at the beach each day
2
You are LEAST likely to find plant life in which part of the ocean-- the continental shelf or an ocean trench?
An ocean trench
What movement of ocean water is nicknamed "rivers of the ocean?"
Current