Oceans and Systems
This is the largest body of water on Earth flanking the Western coast of the United States
What is Pacific Ocean
Animals like clown fish, grouper, octopus, anemone, oysters and sea urchins all share this habitat
What is coral reef
This deep sea animal has a fishing pole like structure protruding from its head and produces its own light to lure and catch prey.
What is the Angler Fish
This includes species of animals that have a backbone such as mammals, birds, reptiles, etc.
What is Vertibretes
This 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg is a bout a killer great white shark that is terrorizing a New England town.
What is Jaws
A high-wind tropical storm with categories 1-5 indicating wind speed; a popular one was named Katrina
What is Hurricane
This reef system off the coast of Australia is the largest in the world.
What is the Great Barrier Reef
THIS is a chemical reaction in a microbe or animal body that creates light without heat
What is Bioluminescence
Examples of this include seals, whales, dolphins and orcas
What is Marine Mammals
What kind of fish is Nemo from the Disney movie Finding Nemo?
What is Clown Fish
This is the distance between two highest points or two lowest points of a wave
What is a wavelength
Commensalism, mutualism, parasitism are examples of this type of relationship between two organisms in an ecosystem
What is symbiotic relationship
This color of light can penetrate deepest into the oceans
What is Blue
This appendage helps marine animals maintain stability in the water
What is Dorsal Fin
This English naturalist is best known for his contributions in evolutionary biology and wrote the famous book “The Origin of Species”
Who is Charles Darwin
This is the apparent curvature of global winds, ocean currents, and everything else that moves freely across the Earth’s surface.
What is the Coriolis Effect
This is the process when corals become white due to various stressors, such as changes in temperature, light, or nutrients.
What is Coral Bleaching
This is the flaky organic matter consisting of particles of dead plants, animals, and algae that become food for some deep sea animals.
What is Marine Snow
This expandable sac is an organ that helps fish float and swim, and not simply sink to the bottom.
What is Swim Bladder
This mythological underwater city is the inspiration for the setting of many old and new movies including The Aquaman
What is Atlantis
People can float on the Dead Sea due to its' water being higher in this physical property.
What is density
To capture their food, corals use stinging cells called this.
What is nematocysts
THIS is the middle layer of the world’s oceans, which receives only faint, filtered sunlight during the daytime.
What is the Twilight Zone
Examples of this are bacteria and fungi that break down dead organic matter from plants and animals.
What are decomposers
This French explorer and filmmaker co-invented the Aqua Lung, pioneered marine conservation and wrote the book and film, The Silent World
Who is Jacques Cousteau