Ocean Basics
What is Oceanography
Plants and animals that drift with the ocean currents are called what?
What is Plankton?
A vehicle used to explore deep parts of the ocean without people on board is called what?
What is an ROV (remotely operated vehicle)?
The science of making maps including those of the ocean floor, is called what?
A buildup of trash and debris in the Pacific Ocean is called what?
What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?
The deepest known part of the ocean is this trench?
What is the Mariana Trench
Animals like squid that can live in both deep and shallow waters are called what type of organisms?
What are Nekton?
The first submersible to take people to the challenger deep was named what?
What is the Trieste?
Most of the ocean floor has been mapped using this technology?
What is Sonar?
Overfishing means what?
What is Catching fish faster then they can reproduce?
Oceans cover about what percentage of the Earth's surface?
What is about 70%
Organisms that live on or near the ocean floor are called what?
What are benthos?
A sonar system works by sending and receiving what?
What are sound waves?
The long, underwater mountain ranges in the ocean are called what?
What are the mid-ocean Ridge?
Coral bleaching happens when corals lose this algae that gives them color?
What is Zooxanthellae?
What are the Pacific, Indian, Atlantic, Southern, or arctic oceans?
What adaptation helps animals glow in the dark?
What is bioluminescence?
What design feature helped control sinking and floating
What is ballast (or adjustable boyancy)?
What is used to simulate sonar readings?
What is a solution used for reducing plastic in the ocean?
What is recycling, using less plastic, or cleanup programs?
The shallow area along the edges of a continent is known as what?
What is the Continental Shelf?
Coral reefs are made up of thousands of tiny animals called what?
What are Polyps?
The deepest driving ROVs can reach depths measured in what?
What are Kilometers?
The deepest canyons in the ocean are called what?
What are ocean trenches?
Marine protected areas are created to do what?
what is to Preserve habitats and protect marine life from overuse.