Ocean Zones
The top layer where sunlight shines. Many sea animals and plants live here.
Flows southward along the northwest coast of Africa.
Helped ships travel from North Africa toward West Africa.
What is Canary Current?
Works on marine biotechnology and natural products from ocean organisms.
What is Dr. Malika Jeffries-EL?
y+6=12
What is y=6?
Add the following polynomials:
(9y - 7x + 15a) + (-3y + 8x - 8a)
What is-
9y - 3y - 7x + 8x + 15a - 8a
6y + x + 7a
The deepest part of the ocean, like underwater canyons.
What is the Trenches Zone?
Flows eastward, between the north and south equatorial currents.
What is Equatorial Countercurrent?
Studies marine microbial ecology and ocean biodiversity.
What is Dr. Jewel E. Hairston?
x+4=12
What is x=8?
Add the following polynomials:
(3a2 + 3ab - b2) + (4ab + 6b2)
What is-
Combine your like terms.
3a2 + 3ab + 4ab - b2 + 6b2
3a2 + 7ab + 5b2
It's darker and colder. Some strange-looking fish live here.
What is the Twilight Zone?
Flows westward across the Atlantic from the coast of West Africa to the Caribbean and South America.
This is the main current that could have carried African ships toward the Americas.
What is North Equatorial Current?
Researches coral reefs and how they respond to environmental changes.
What is Dr. LaToya M. James?
2+y=4
What is y=2?
Subtract the following polynomials:
(9y - 7x + 15a) - (-3y + 8x - 8a)
What is-
(9y - 7x + 15a) + (+ 3y - 8x + 8a)
Group the like terms.
9y + 3y - 7x - 8x + 15a + 8a
12y - 15x + 23a
No sunlight at all. It's very dark, cold, and deep. Creatures here make their own light!
What is the Midnight Zone?
Also moves westward, helping travelers sail from Central or Southern Africa toward South America.
What is South Equatorial Current?
Focuses on marine conservation, climate change, and protecting ocean ecosystems.
What is Dr. Ayana Johnson?
q+10=20
What is q=10?
Find the sum or difference.
(5a – 3b) + (2a + 6b)
What is-
5a+2a-3b+6b
7a+3b
Super deep and freezing. Few animals live here, like giant squid.
What is the Abyss Zone?
The ruler of the Mali Empire who traveled the Atlantic Ocean.
What is Mansa Abubakari ii?
Studied oceanography and developed instruments to study marine environments from space.
What is Dr. George Carruthers?
p-20=60
What is p=80?
Find the sum or difference.
(5a – 3b) – (2a + 6b)
What is-
5a-2a-3b+6b
3a-9b