Ocean Layers
most ocean animals home
what is...sunlight zone
weak swimmers
plankton
area covered by high tide and exposed at low tide
what is intertidal zone
sea floor is a landscape
mountains, valleys, trenches, plains (must have two)
high points to a wave
crest
ocean completely dark 1000-4000 m deep
midnight zone
most likely the producer in a marine food web
what is plankton
found in many shallow tropical oceans around the world
bioluminescence
what is a way animals make their own light
Density currents are created
what is differences in water temperature or salinity
below the sunlight zone
twilight zone
most producers are found here
sunlight zone
sea floor feature is the deepest part of the ocean
ocean trench (Mariana Trench)
scuba diving gear, echolocation, submersibles
what is types of technology that is used to explore the ocean floor
crest topples over and breaks
breaker
lies below the midnight zone
abyssal zone
food is provided
what is photosynthesis
intertidal zone
what is covered in high tide and exposed at low tide
Hawaiian islands are formed by this sea floor feature
what is volcanoes
the mother of all waves
what is a tsunami
deep ocean _________move huge masses of water around the planet
currents
sea stars, lobsters, shrimp
benthos
extreme environment in the deep ocean
hydrothermal vent
fresh water and salt water mix
estuary
produces most ocean waves
What is the rotation of the earth on its axis