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Ocean Zones
Earth
Explorers
Expeditions
Ocean Organisms
100
The deepest water in the ocean is in this zone
What is the hadalpelagic zone?
100
The __________ is the theory that the solar system originated as a nebula.
What is the nebular theory?
100
The earliest recorded sea voyage was made by the ______ in approximately __________.
Who were the Egyptians in 3200 BC?
100
Discovered Australia, New Zealand, and the Hawaiian Islands
Who is James Cook?
100
Microscopic or small organisms in the water that drift on the current
What is plankton?
200
This zone is the top layer of water that sunlight penetrates
What is the epipelagic zone?
200
Earth and the other planets formed through the process of _______________.
What is accretion?
200
The first person to circumnavigate the globe.
Who is Magellan?
200
During this expedition, Antarctica was discovered.
What is the U. S. Exploration Expedition?
200
These are the organisms that swim in the ocean
What are nekton?
300
This is the ocean floor divided into zones by depth
What is the benthic zone?
300
The expansion of all matter and energy from a concentrated single point is the _____________ theory.
What is The Big Bang?
300
The first European to recognize that South America was a new continent.
Who is Vespucci?
300
The accuracy of Captain James Cook's voyages was made possible by the invention of this device.
What is the chronometer?
300
These are organisms that live on or in the bottom of the ocean.
What are the benthos?
400
This is the area of the benthic zone that is between the high-tide mark and the low-tide mark
What is the littoral zone?
400
This is the movement of heavier material toward the core and the movement of lighter material toward the surface in the formation of the Earth.
What is density stratification?
400
The accuracy of Captain James Cook's voyages was made possible by the invention of this device.
What is the chronometer?
400
This expedition successfully mapped the floor of the Atlantic in the early part of the 20th Century.
What is the German Meteor Expedition?
400
These are animals, such as crabs, that live on the sea floor
What is epifauna?
500
This is the zone that water splashes but it does not remain submerged
What is the supralittoral zone?
500
This explorer sailed from Asia to Africa for the Emporer of China.
Who is Zheng He?
500
This explorer sailed from Asia to Africa for the Emporer of China.
Who is Zheng He?
500
This expedition discovered the deepest known point in the ocean.
What is the Challenger II Expedition?
500
These are plants, such as seagrasses, that live on the sea floor
What are epiflora?