Ocean Zones
How many major ocean layers are there?
What is 5
What type of plankton uses photosynthesis
phytoplankton
What tide is when the moon and sun are in a straight line
spring tide
Name the zone that is at the very bottom. Few animals can live here because of the pressure.
What is the hadopelagic zone or the trenches?
a plankton that eats other plankton
zooplankton
What type of current is dangerous near beaches
Rip tide/current
More than 90% of all marine organisms live here.
What is the sunlight zone? epipelagic
A microscopic plant that lives at the surface area of the sunlit zone, provides abundant oxygen.
What is Phytoplankton?
What percent of Earth's surface is covered in water?
What is 70-72%
What are the waves called that have broken crests because of strong wind
white caps
This zone receives some sunlight but not a lot. Plant eating fish can still live here but they have to survive on scraps from above.
What is Twilight zone?
What organism can get bleached if the water is too acidic
What is coral reef
Why is the ocean important?
What is need water for cycle, supports life, and plants provide oxygen (list 2/3)
What are the two forms of ocean movement
What is waves and current
Name the ocean layers common names
What is sunlight zone, twilight zone, and midnight zone, abyss and trenches
What is called when an animal produces its own light
bioluminescent
What is the effect called that makes earths water rotate right in the northern hemisphere and left in the southern
Coriolis effect