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Features of the Ocean Floor
Ocean Features Pt. 2
Life in the Ocean
Field Trip
Finding Nemo
100
This gently sloping area of the ocean floor extends anywhere from 19-600 miles out into the ocean.
What is the continental shelf
100
This is where two plates collide and form the deepest parts of the ocean.
What is trenches
100
This is the primary producer in the oceans
What is phytoplankton
100
This is the kind of dolphin we saw on the Dolphin Watch.
What is an Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin
100
This was Nemo's dads name.
What is Marlin
200
This was the ship that was used to map out the ocean floor, starting in 1872.
What is the HMS Challenger
200
Volcanic mountains that rise above the abyssal plain but do not break the surface of the water are known as this.
What are seamounts
200
These are the ways the ocean environment changes with depth.
What is less light, more water pressure, and colder temperature
200
You saw a diagram of this at the Coastal Studies Lab
What is a watershed
200
This is the type of plant that Nemo lived in.
What is anemone
300
At the end of the continental slope, the ocean floor eventually flattens out to this.
What is the abyssal plain
300
Volcanic mountains that rise from the sea floor and eventually break the surface of the water are known as this.
What are islands
300
This is the zone of the ocean where most life is present.
What is the photic zone
300
Echinoderm is Latin for this.
What is "spiny skin"
300
This is Dori's motto or favorite saying
What is "just keep swimming..."
400
You'll find these in the middle of the ocean where Earth's plates have separated apart.
What is mid ocean ridges
400
This is where the continental shelf ends.
What is the shelf break
400
This is the area between the low tide and high tide marks of an ocean
What is the intertidal zone
400
These are two dangerous things that can travel through watersheds to the Laguna Madre.
Various answers
400
This is how Nemo saved the large fish and Dori from the fishermans' nets.
What is advising them to swim down.
500
This is the steepest part of the ocean floor.
What is the continental slope
500
This was the earliest way of mapping out the ocean floor.
What is lowering a weight on a rope and measuring depth.
500
This is what coral reefs are made of.
What is the skeleton of dead coral
500
This was why there was a barge in the middle of the bay on the Dolphin Watch.
What is rebuilding the jetties
500
This is the date your quiz on the ocean is.
What is Thursday, November 21st