Coral Reef
Commercial Fishing
Big Names and Definitions
Pollution
Ocean Geography
100

The Organic Organism of Coral.

Polyp

100

A Group of Fish.

School.

100

When an Organism produces its own light.

Biolumenesence.

100

The term for when Oil is leaked into the Ocean.

Oil Spill

100

Largest ocean on the planet.

Pacific ocean

200

The Largest Reef on the Planet.

The Great Barrier Reef.

200

The word that comes before “fishing vessel” also a word for a TV production break.

Commercial Fishing Vessel.

200

The Geographical drop towards the Abyssal Plain.

The Continental Slope.

200

The term for plastics that have broken down from wind, waves, and sunlight.

Microplastics

200

The deepest trench in the world, the Mariana Trench, is located next to these islands, of which it is named after.

The Mariana Islands
300

This Fish enjoys feeding on coral, specifically the coral polyps.

Parrotfish.

300

The word for a Net dragged along the ocean floor.

a Trawl.

300

The term for organisms such as lobsters, crabs, and shrimp.

Crustaceans.

300

Chemicals used to protect and preserve farmland

Pesticides

300

This was formed when the two plates of the Atlantic ocean slammed together.

The Mid Atlantic Ridge

400

Second Stage of a growing reef.

Fringing Reef.

400

The speed at which a fish can grow old enough to mate.

Maturity Rate.

400

The Opposite of Plankton.

Nekton.

400

The Largest accumulation of plastic on the planet.

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

400

What is the deepest of the 4 ocean zones, for context the first is the Epipelagic.

The Hadopelagic

500

The fragmented Body Structure of Soft Corals.

Spicules.

500

The most fished Clupeoid fish.

Anchoveta, or Anchovies.

500

This Squid is named after a famed Prussian explorer.

Humboldt Squid.

500

When chemicals and microplastics move up the food chain in larger accumulations.

Bioaccumulation.

500

There is a Theory that the Continents of the world were once one, what is it called.

The Pangea Theory. (or just Pangea)