Marine Life
This is the largest mammal in the ocean.
What is the blue whale?
He lives in a pineapple under the sea
What is SpungeBob SquarePants?
This is the scientific study of how organisms interact with each other and their environment
What is ecology?
This type of boundary occurs where two plates move away from each other
What is a divergent boundary?
These massive waves are usually caused by underwater earthquakes or landslides
What is a tsunami?
Number hearts does an octopus have
What is three?
In Minecraft, this creature explodes when it gets close to you
What is a creeper?
A group of populations interacting with each other in a shared environment
What is a community?
A famous example of a transform boundary is this California fault line
What is the San Andreas Fault?
the best wave for surfing
What are plunging breakers?
This is the process where marine animals light up in the dark depths and sometimes waves
What is bioluminescence?
Baby sharks are called
What is a pup?
This term describes the role or "job" an organism plays in its ecosystem
What is a niche?
This layer of the Earth is broken into tectonic plates
What is the lithosphere?
This type of mechanical wave moves particles perpendicular to the direction of wave propagation
This term refers to the ocean floor.
What is the benthic zone?
This sport is known as “America’s pastime.”
What is baseball?
This term refers to the non-living parts of an ecosystem, like temperature and water
What are abiotic factors?
These are the rigid outer layers of the Earth that move over the asthenosphere
What are tectonic plates?
the height of the tallest tsunami
what is 1,720 feet?
After living in the ocean for about 20 years, sea turtles go to this certain place to lay their eggs
What is the same beach where they were born?
This is the only letter that doesn't appear in any U.S. state name
What is Q?
Only about this percentage of energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next
What is 10%?
The age of rocks on the ocean floor increases with distance from this feature
What is the mid-ocean ridge?
The number of waves produced in a given amount of time
What is frequency?