Ocean Characteristics
The percent of earth that is covered by oceans.
What is 70%
True or False: Some creatures can migrate between ocean zones as needed for food and air.
True
The ocean has this many tides each day.
What is two.
There are this many different classifications for marine life.
What is five.
Coral is not considered a plant because it does not produce this.
What is food.
True or False: The oceans are all connected together.
True
The ocean zone that is located closest to the shore.
What is intertidal.
The zone of the shore that is caught between the low tides and high tides is this.
What is the intertidal one.
This is the main food source that almost all marine life depends upon.
What is algae.
All coral is divided into these two types.
What is hard and soft.
The warmest water in the ocean is nearest to this.
What is the equator.
Sea plants, such as seaweed, algae, and seagrass can exist in the sunlight zone because the produce their own food using this process.
What is photosynthesis.
During low tide you can see creatures that live in these areas of shallow water and rocks.
What are tide pools.
The blue whale is the _____________ animal on the planet.
What is largest.
Corals are naturally this color.
What is clear.
The term used to describe ocean water that is moving in a continual pattern.
What is ocean currents.
Some animals that make their own light are described as...
What is bioluminescent.
True or False: In most places you are allowed to take live sand dollars from their environment.
False
An estimated 80% of all living creatures make their home here.
What is the ocean.
True or False: Coral reefs generally develop in warm, shallow water.
True
Salt in ocean currents creates this.
What is buoyancy.
The sunlight that enters the ocean water is bent or refracted because of this.
What is density.
A bulge is created in the ocean when tides change from low to high from this pull of the moon and the sun.
What is a gravitational pull.
Most of this kingdom lives on land.
What is fungi.
Hard coral tentacles grow in multiples of this number.
What is multiples of six.