Vocab
Oceans
Fishing Practices
Ocean Zones
Weird Ocean Facts
100
Navigates the Ocean by itself.
What is an AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle)
100
This is the Largest Ocean. Covers approximately 63 million square miles and containing half of the free water on Eatrh
What is the Pacific Ocean
100
This is a fishing method that involves dragging a net along the ocean floor to catch fish and other Marine Life.
Bottom Trawling
100
This is the deepest part of the ocean and was named after the greek god of the underworld.
Hadalpelagic Zone.
100
True or False. The Pacific Ocean is wider than the moon.
True.
200
Some of the most diverse ecosystems in the world. These are very vulnerable to the effects of human activities. These protect coastlines from storms and erosion.
What are Coral Reefs.
200
The smallest and shallowest Ocean. Human habitation here goes back 17-50,000 years.
What is the Arctic Ocean.
200
An illegal and destructive fishing practice that involves using explosives to kill or stun fish.
Blast Fishing.
200
What is the ocean zone that is commonly called the midnight zone?
Bathypelagic Zone
200
True Or False. We currently have underwater communication cables that run all the way across the Atlantic Ocean.
True!
300
The surface or material on or from which an organism lives, grows, or obtains its nutrients.
What is Substrate
300
The second largest ocean in the world. The Shelves of this ocean hosts one of the world's richest fishing resources.
What is the Atlantic Ocean.
300
This picture represents what type of fishing?
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Gill Nets
300
What is the ocean zone where all photosynthesis happens?
Epipelagic Zone
300
True or False. 94% of Earth's living species exist on land.
False. They live within the Ocean.
400
This is common in Monterey Bay. Roughly 1/3 of the Oxygen produced worldwide are from these underwater structures.
What Are Kelp Forests.
400
Third Largest Ocean. Home to the one of the largest phytoplankton blooms in summer. 9 of Earth's 36 biodiversity hotspots are located on the margins of this Ocean.
What is the Indian Ocean
400
This is one of the most sustainable methods of fishing. Commonly done by the average angler and not really done by commercial operations.
What is Hook and Line. (Pole and line)
400
This ocean zone is where we have massive flat lands along the bottom of the ocean commonly called ____ Plains.
Abyssopelagic Zone
400
True or False Less than 10% of the Ocean has been discovered.
True.
500
These only grow at tropical and subtropical latitudes near the equator because they cannot withstand freezing temperatures. These stabilize the coastline.
What is a Mangrove Forest.
500
This is the second smallest ocean.
What is the Southern Ocean or Antarctic Ocean
500
Fishing using handheld elongated, sharp-pointed tools. When done correctly this can be deemed the most sustainable way of fishing.
Spearfishing
500
Sperm whales can dive to this ocean zone and survive in the there up to an hour.
What is the bathypelagic zone
500
True or False. The biggest mountain range in the world is in the ocean.
True! The mid-ocean ridge spans around 40,389 miles down the middle of the Atlantic ocean.