Watery World - Seas & Rivers
Ocean Anatomy
Aquatic Habitats
Cetaceans Part 1
Cetaceans Part 2
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Bodies of water mostly surrounded by land

SEAS

100

Name the 5 oceans in the world

Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, Indian, Southern

100

The name of ocean animals that can swim - get from one place to another by propelling, gliding, or paddling.

NEKTON

100

What does "marine mammal" mean?

 mammals that live in the sea

100

during a sad time in history when people hunted whales, which type of whale did they hunt the most?

the Right Whale

200

brackish water where a river or stream meets with an ocean or sea

ESTUARIES

200

what are circular currents called?

Gyres

200

Animals that scurry about, crawl along, hop around, scoot, burrow, or slither across the bottom of a body of water or the sand are called?

BENTHIC

200

Animals that:  1. have hair 2. give birth to live young 3. nurse their young 4. are warm-blooded 5. breath air, are called what?

Mammals

200

these are also called the "unicorns of the sea"....

narwhals

300

which river begins in Minnesota and has it's mouth in Louisiana?

Mississippi

300

What causes the tides?

the Moon!

300

This word means "to wander or drift"

Planktos (or plankton)

300

What is a spiracle used for?

a 'nose' on top of a whale's head use for breathing

300

what animal has a tongue that weight more than an elephant and has a heart about 5 feet across, and can reach lengths of up to 100ft long?

Blue whale!

400
what percent of the world's surface is covered in water?

97%

400

these are created when tide goes out but crevices in rocks or sand form pools of water called what?

Tide Pools

400

coral reefs, kelp forests, and seagrass beds, and mangrove forests, are examples of what?

Aquatic Habitats!

400
Up to how far away can a humpback whale hear underwater?

up to 10,000 miles away!

400
what is the name researchers gave to the whale that they have been researching and monitoring off the coast of the United States?

Snow Cone!

500

beginning from the shore out to the deep, name the zones of the ocean FLOOR

continental shelf, continental slope, continental rise, abyssal plain

500

beginning from the surface of the ocean to the ocean floor, name the zones of light in the ocean

Sunlit zone, twilight zone, midnight zone, abyssal plain

500

When we classify animals into Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, and Species, we call this animal _____(what)?

Taxonomy

500

when a whale faces downward with only its fluke sticking out of the water, then slaps the water with a thunderous sound, it is called what?

lobtailing or tail slapping

500

what is the melon on the top of a beluga whale used for?

echolocation

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