Aqua Mobility
What are animals that can swim?
Nekton
Mammals
Surface currents
Name the five oceans
Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, Indian, Southern
The part of the continent that is underwater
The continental shelf
Benthic animals
Cold-blooded creatures that have scales, breathe air, lay eggs, and have a backbone
Reptiles
The current name that refers to the deep ocean current that has to do with temperature and salt
Thermohaline current
Smaller bodies of salt water connected to the oceans
Seas
At the end of the continental shelf is a dropoff called the_____________
Continental slope
Animals that are stuck in one place are...
sessile
Cold-blooded creatures that are cold-blooded, have a backbone, scale, but do not breathe air
Fish
Circular patterns that the ocean currents form
Gyres
As water reaches the ocean, it becomes ____________
The deep, dark ocean floor is called the ________
Abyssal Plain
This type of plankton uses photosynthesis to make its own food...
Phytoplankton
Cold-blooded animals that do not have scales
Amphibians
When the water comes way up onto the shore
High Tide
Where oceans and rivers meet...
Estuary
The fairly dark part of the ocean once you leave the sunlit zone is called the
Twilight zone
zooplankton
An animal that has a backbone
Vertebrate
When the water pulls back and exposes a lot of the beach
Low tide
Water that is in rivers is called....
Freshwater
The pitch black bottom of the ocean
Midnight zone