Kelp need sunlight to grow its own food in a process called ___________.
What is photosynthesis?
200
Transfer of heat by gas or liquid
What is convection?
200
This zone has an abundance of sea life and oxygen.
What is the sunlight zone?
200
Most sea mammals have this layer of fat to protect them from the cold and to store energy.
What is blubber?
200
When whales migrate to warmer waters in the winter.
What is an instinct?
200
An animal with a backbone.
What is a vertebrate?
300
We feel heat from the sun because of this kind of heat transfer.
What is radiation?
300
In this zone, most of the animals are blind since it is so dark.
What is the abyss?
300
Whales having fins to swim is an example of this kind of adaptation.
What is physical adaptation?
300
Communication and speaking different languages is this kind of behavioral adaptation.
What is learned behavior?
300
These organisms grow very slowly—anywhere from 0.3 cm to 10 cm per year.
What are coral reefs?
400
In an experiment that tests how quickly butter melts and falls off a piece of metal, the scientist is looking at whether or not the metal is a good __________.
What is a conductor?
400
The layer below the sunlight zone is called this?
What is the twilight zone?
400
Salmon returning to its place of birth to lay eggs is an example of this kind of adaptation.
What is behavioral adaptation?
400
Test taking
What is learned behavior?
400
An animal producing its own light by chemical reactions in its body.
What is bioluminescence?
500
Soil, styrofoam and wood are examples of good __________.
What are insulators?
500
This place is the deepest part of the ocean. (Give the specific name of the place.)
What is the Mariana Trench?
500
Copying how another animal looks or behaves helps the animal to survive in the environment.
What is mimicry?
500
Loggerhead turtles will lay eggs and leave the babies to hatch on their own. When the babies are born, they go back to the sea, never seeing their mother.
What is instinct?
500
Sponges, insects, worms, echinoderms are examples of this group of animals.