Ocean Importance
Ocean's Organisms
Reefs
Environmental Impact
Recovery
100
Absorbs the most carbon dioxide from the air and produces oxygen.
What is the ocean?
100
This type of organism decomposes dead organisms on the ocean floor.
What is a decomposer (snail, sea cucumber, etc.)
100
Location of the Great Barrier Reef
What is Australia
100
Name endangered or extinct marine species
What is (endangered) a blue whale, hammerhead sharks, Florida manatee; (extinct) Chine white dolphin, sea mink, Labrador duck
100
Name one way we can help!
reduce energy consumption/make safe seafood choices/use fewer plastic products/help take care of the beach/support organizations
200
Percentage of the world that is water
What is 71%
200
A plant that animals use for food and shelter
What is kelp/seaweed
200
An individual coral
What is a polyp?
200
Results from burning coal and pollutes the air
What is fossil fuels
200
Ways to be an ocean-friendly pet owner. (methods)
What is not flushing cat litter down the toilet, avoid buying wild-caught saltwater fish, and/or releasing aquarium fish into the ocean?
300
Half of the world's population lives here.
What is a coastal zone?
300
A shark is what type of consumer
What is tertiary
300
coral's main source of food
What is algae and plankton
300
This product takes the longest to decompose in the ocean
What is a fishing line
300
Amount of years it will take to possibly restore the coral reef
What is 10 to 15 years
400
This ocean is 25% larger than all land areas combined Hint: the ocean on our coast
What is the Pacific Ocean?
400
Organism on the bottom of the food chain
What is phytoplankton
400
The process in which coral dies and turns into a pale white color
What is coral bleaching
400
Cause of ocean acidification
What is reduction in pH levels
400
Our security, our economy, and our survival requires these
What is healthy oceans
500
Name two of the three reasons for why the ocean is important
What is influence climate/shape landform/major system
500
This group of aquatic organisms dwell in or on the bottom of the ocean floor
What are benthic organisms
500
Starts the process of coral bleaching
What is warmer water temperatures/pollution/over exposure to sunlight/low tides (give 2)
500
Name half of the top ten trash found in the world's oceans
What is cigarettes/plastic bottles/caps/straws/cans/food wrappers/plastic bags/cups/glass/paper bags
500
Name a way we can help recover our oceans
What is (list of options)
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