Ocean Zones
This is the ocean zone that is closest to shore, between the high tide and low tide marks
What is the intertidal zone?
These are the plankton that eat smaller plankton
What are zooplankton?
This is when a volcano rises above the surface of the ocean
What is a volcanic island?
This is the primary cause of waves in the ocean
What is wind?
This is the ocean zone in the top 200 meters of water that receives enough sunlight for photosynthesis to occur
What is the photic zone?
These are the small plankton that perform photosynthesis
What are phytoplankton?
This is when a reef surrounds an island
What is a barrier reef?
This is the primary cause of the ocean's tides
What is the moon's gravity?
This is the ocean zone that consists of the open ocean farther from shore
This is how plankton affect the amount of oxygen in the atmosphere
What is increase it or make it larger?
This is a body of water surrounded by a reef
What is a lagoon?
These are the reason that the Pacific Ocean is cold in Oregon but warm in Japan
What are surface currents?
This is the ocean zone that consists of the ocean floor
What is the benthic zone?
This is how plankton affect the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
What is reduce it or make it lower?
This is when a reef surrounds a lagoon
What is an atoll?
This is similar to convection, as it is caused by cold water sinking and warm water rising
What are deep currents?
This is the ocean zone that lies over the continental shelf
What is the neritic zone?
Most plankton rely on these to move throughout the water since they cannot move on their own
What are ocean currents?
This is an underwater mountain with a flat top
What is a guyot?
This is caused by wind blowing water away from shore, and water from beneath comes up to replace it
What is upwelling?