Krill Week!
What percentage of the planet is covered by the ocean?
70%
What are the three types of symbiotic relationships?
1. Mutualism
2. Commensalism
3. Parasitism
Why are so many deep sea organisms red?
Camouflage
What is an invertebrate?
An animal lacking a backbone
Ex: Mollusk
What are the largest problems facing the ocean?
Pollution
Coral Bleaching
What is the Coriolis Effect is caused by?
The Earths Rotation
What is coral made of?
Coral is made up of hundreds to thousands of tiny coral creatures called polyps!
What is the twilight zone?
About 3,300 feet below the ocean surface, just beyond the reach of sunlight
What is the largest animal in the sea?
Blue Whale
True or False: Can you find mountains and volcanoes at the bottom of the ocean?
What is the largest ocean on Earth?
The Pacific Ocean, covering around 30% of the Earth's surface.
In which phylum is coral placed?
Cnidaria
What are three deep sea organism adaptations?
1. Body Color
2. Reproduction
3. Gigantism
What is the smallest animal in the sea?
ZooPlankton
Which sea is the saltiest?
The Dead Sea
What is the deepest area of the ocean called?
Mariana Trench
What are the three types of Coral Reef?
1. Fringing
2. Barrier
3. Atoll
What is the visible light spectrum?
Portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to the human eye.
When referring to a marine food web, what is a consumer?
An animal that feeds on plants or other animals for energy
Why is the ocean blue?
The ocean absorbs the red part of the incoming light, and reflects the green and blue part of the light.
The ocean is home to one of the largest living structures; name that structure
Great Barrier Reef
Name 5 animals that live on a coral reef!
2. Sea Anemone
3. Mollusks
4. Clam
5. Pufferfish
What is bioluminescence?
Emission of light by living organisms
What is the role of a dorsal fin on a fish?
Stabilize the animal against rolling and to assist in sudden turns
True or false: Have we explored every inch of the ocean?
False!