Currents
Tides
Waves
Adaptations
Zones
100
Large rivers of water moving within the ocean
What is a current?
100
During the high tide, water gets higher
What is flooding?
100
The top of a wave
What is crest?
100
fish that are protected with spines, poisons, and armor
What is "warning?"
100
The first layer of the ocean extending 660 feet below the surface.
What is the sunlight zone?
200
a current caused by the earth's rotation and wind
What is a surface current?
200
currents caused by tides are called
What is a tidal current?
200
The bottom of a wave
What is trough?
200
Many ocean animals have a dark back and light bellies
What is countershading?
200
This zone begins at 660 feet below the surface and extends to 3,300 feet below sea level.
What is the twilight zone?
300
Ocean currents caused by the amount of salt in the water, or a difference in the water temperature
What is a deep water current?
300
when it is low tide, and the water is going out
What is ebbing?
300
the distance between the crest of one wave and the crest of the next wave
What is wavelength?
300
An adaptation that helps fish blend in their environment
What is camouflage?
300
The deepest zone of the ocean
What is the abyss
400
wind and surface currents north of the equator flow clockwise, and south of the equator flow counter-clockwise
What is the "Coriolis Effect?"
400
A tide formed when the sun, earth, and moon form a "right" angle, producing weak tides
What is a neap tide?
400
start deep on the ocean floor and are usually caused by earthquakes
What is a tsunami?
400
unusual color pattern to hide vulnerable parts of an animal's body
What are false eye spot?
400
This zone of the ocean ranges between 3,000 to 13,000 feet below the surface of the ocean
What is the midnight zone?
500
currents that run close to a continent's coast line can effect
What is weather?
500
A tide that is formed when the earth, moon, and sun are alighned, producing "extreme" tides
What is a spring tide?
500
Tsunami is a Japanese word and means
What is "harbor wave?"
500
a relationship between two animals that benefits them both
What is symbiotic?
500
the emission of light by a living organism
What is bioluminescence?
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