Miscellaneous
Temperature
Ocean Zones
Freshwater Zones
Old Man River
100
Exotic species
What is an organism that makes a home for itself in a new place?
100
Surface zone
Which ocean temperature zone is the warmest?
100
The area that contains the deep water of the open ocean where the sea floor drops sharply.
What is the oceanic zone?
100
Dead organisms from above.
What is the main food for organisms in the deep-water zone?
100
A river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake.
What is a tributary?
200
Oxygen
What element makes up about 20% of the air we breathe?
200
Animals in coral reefs
What sea animals need warm water to live?
200
The organism that forms the basis of the ecosystems of the oceans of the world.
What is plankton?
200
Sunlight reaches its bottom.
What is the littoral zone of a lake?
200
A triangular-shaped landform that forms at the mouth of a river.
What is a delta?
300
Biosphere
What is the part of the Earth where life exists?
300
The gas that most scientists consider the cause of global warming.
What is carbon dioxide?
300
The process whereby the plankton produce food.
What is photosythesis?
300
Water held underground in the soil or in pores and crevices in rock.
What is groundwater?
300
Water that contains little or no salt.
What is freshwater?
400
Garbage, chemicals, high-powered wastes, gases, and noise
What are 5 major kinds of pollution?
400
The coldest zone of the ocean
What is the benthic zone?
400
The area that has warm, sunlit water and is where the ocean floor begins to slope downward.
What is the neritic zone?
400
A type of wetland that has no trees
What is a marsh?
400
Animals must adapt so they are not washed away.
What is the speed of water?
500
Animals that only eat plants
What are herbivores?
500
The object that collided with the Titanic
What is an iceburg?
500
The place where the ocean meets the land.
What is the intertidal zone?
500
An area closest to the edge of a lake or pond
What is the littoral zone?
500
An ecosystem with wet soil, willow trees, and orchids
What is a swamp?