The Ocean Floor
This person came up with the Theory of Continental Drift and Pangea.
Who is Alfred Wegner?
This type of underwater current carries warm water from the equator toward the poles allowing places like South Carolina to have warmer coastlines.
What is a Western Boundary Current?
This type of organism is considered the simplest of all animals due to its lack of organs and tissues.
What are sponges?
*DAILY DOUBLE*
This type of fish uses internal fertilization in reproduction.
What are the cartilaginous fishes?
*DAILY DOUBLE*
This is the name of the structure that toothed whales have that allows them to focus sounds to echolocate prey and obstacles.
What is a melon?
The eruption of Mount St. Helen was caused by its location near this type of feature.
What is a subduction zone?
These tides occur during the 1st and 3rd quarters of the lunar phase.
What is a neap tide?
*DAILY DOUBLE*
This scientific class of organisms contains snails and slugs.
What is Gastropoda?
Sea turtles will only leave the water to do this.
What is lay eggs?
This is the term used for the tail of a whale.
What is a fluke?
*DAILY DOUBLE*
New sea floor is formed at this type of plate boundary.
What is a diverging boundary?
Underwater seismic events like earthquakes are the main cause of this type of wave.
What is a tsunami?
Lobsters and other crustaceans have jointed appendages, making them part of this scientific phylum.
What is Arthropoda?
Seabirds produce this substance which is mined by some cultures for fertilizer.
What is guano?
This is the term for a group of sea otters. They will often hold paws to prevent separation during sleep.
What is a raft?
This was the first marine research lab founded in the United States.
What is Woods Hole?
This layer of the ocean has the least dense water. It also contains the most living organisms.
What is the photic zone?
This scientific class of mollusks contains octopuses, squids, and cuttlefish which are considered the smartest of all the invertebrates.
What is cephalopoda?
Virtually all seabirds belong to this scientific order. Maybe that is why they are such good aviators.
What is Aves?
This is a term used to describe the behavior of some whales repeatedly slapping the surface of the water with their tail.
What is lobtailing?
When currents erode inactive underwater volcanoes called seamounts, this other underwater feature is formed.
What is a guyot?
When you see beads of water on the grass in the morning, it is due to this property of water that causes molecules to stick together to form droplets.
What is cohesion?
This class of Cnidarians features members that live in colonies, like the Portuguese Man-O-War.
What is Hydrozoa?
These structures produce a substance that allows seabirds to stay waterproof in the ocean.
What are oil glands?
Manatees and dugongs are part of this scientific order.
What is Sirenia?