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Life Zones
Habitats
Ocean Properties
Sharks
Fish
100
This is the percentage of Earth covered in water.
What is 71%?
100
This habitat contains mostly brackish water.
What is an estuary?
100
This is the way in which MOST salt ended up in our oceans.
What is runoff?
100
A shark's skeleton is made of this material.
What is cartilage?
100
Fish have this structure to sense vibrational changes in the water.
What is a lateral line?
200
This life zone is also called the splash zone.
What is the supratidal zone?
200
This habitat is typically found in cooler climates and is the home of many sea otters.
What is the kelp forest?
200
This is how MOST dissolved oxygen enters the water.
What is the wind?
200
This is a shark's best sense.
What is hearing?
200
Fish temperature regulation is determined by the
What is the surrounding water?
300
In this zone, organisms must be highly adapted to conditions of high pressure.
What is the benthic (or aphotic) zone?
300
A coral is an animal that is part of this phylum.
What is cnidarian?
300
This is what happens to temperature as depth increases.
What is decreases?
300
This structure gives sharks a sixth sense.
What is the Ampullae of Lorenzini?
300
This type of coloration enables a fish to blend in with both the ocean bottom and ocean surface.
What is countershading?
400
This zone is where most commercial fishing takes place.
What is the neritic zone?
400
Leaves of mangrove trees must have adaptations to do what?
What is conserve water?
400
Compared to red light, blue light has a _____________ wavelength and ____________ energy.
What is shorter, more?
400
These three sharks are responsible for the most shark attacks.
What are the bull shark, great white shark, and tiger shark?
400
A clownfish has this type of coloration.
What is disruptive?
500
The pelagic zone can be divided into these two horizontal zones.
What is the neritic and oceanic?
500
This is how algal blooms affect the LI Sound's pelagic zone.
What is decreases overall dissolved oxygen?
500
Which temperature water holds more dissolved oxygen: 0 degrees or 100 degrees?
What is 0 degrees?
500
A Bull shark is considered the most dangerous shark for these two reasons.
What is high levels of testosterone and the ability to swim in freshwater?
500
This is a digestive structure that fish have to release digestive enzymes.
What is the pyloric ceca?