Oceans
What is the biggest ocean basin?
pacific
How much of the earth is covered with water?
about 72%
what is the most common type of pollution?
plastic .
Name of animals with NO backbone
Invertebrates
The earth is slowly becoming
hotter .
What is the name of the gentle slope at the edge of a continent.
continenal shelf.
what is the top layer/ zone called ?
sunlight zone
What does pollution do to sea creatures?
causes death and injury
Which phylum do sea stars belong to?
Echinodermata
what is the salt content of the ocean called?
Salinity
The Major Cause of Tides is
moon's gravity
What do we call the large, flat ocean land?
abyssal plain
sea turtles often mistake this plastic as jellyfish.
bags
What are 3 characteristics of FISH?
Gills, scales, fins
Fish can stay afloat in the water by doing what?
increasing their surface area
The steep drop from the continental shelf to the ocean floor is called _____.
continental slope.
_____are the deepest features of the ocean.
trenches
plastic is virtually what ?
indestructible .
adaptation used by sharks to help avoid being seen
Countershading
Which layer of the ocean refers to the area where temperature and salinity are changing dramatically?
thermocline
Name the four oceans .
Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic
name the layers of the ocean .
Epipelagic, Mesopelagic, Bathypelagic, Abyssopelagic, Hadalpelagic
what is a hazardous waste ?
plastic, oil, sunscreen, nuclear waste, etc.
Sea creatures with teeth, fins, bone skeletons, are endothermic, have live births
mammals (dolphin, whales, etc.)
What is the purpose of tagging sharks and turtles?
track migration patterns and behavior