Oceans
The percentage of the earth that is covered by water
70%
Coral is made of...
Polyps
or
Limestone (calcium carbonate) the exterior shell of a polyp
Many deep sea organisms have adapted to this color
Red
Why?
What fish use to breath
Gills
An animal without a backbone
Invertebrate
The world's 5 oceans
Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Indian, and Antarctic
Types of coral reefs
Fringe, barrier, atoll
This color penetrates deepest into ocean water
Blue
The largest animal in the ocean
Blue whale
5 animals that live in coral reefs
Anyone disagree?
:)
The parts of a wave
Crest, trough, wavelength, amplitude
Name the taxonomic categories
You many use a commonly used phrase to help recall.
Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
The 7-mile deep trench in the ocean
Mariana Trench
Keeps a fish from sinking
Swim bladder
Differences between an ocean and a sea
Seas are smaller, up against land, and typically partially surrounded by land.
The two primary sources of ocean salt
Rocks on land and openings in the seafloor
Three types of symbiotic relationships
Predation, parasitism, mutualistic, commensalism, and competition
The ocean zone just out of reach of sunlight
The Twilight Zone
The role of a dorsal fin
Stabilization
Referring to the marine food chain or web, a plant or animal that eats another living organism
Consumer
The pattern of deflection taken by objects not firmly connected to the ground as they travel long distances around the Earth
Coriolis Effect
Earth is wider at the Equator, so to make a rotation, equatorial regions race nearly 1,000 miles per hour. Near the poles, Earth rotates at a sluggish 0.00005 miles per hour.
The relationship between a clownfish and coral
Mutualistic
The food of deep sea animals
Marine snow
The smallest animal in the ocean
Zooplankton
Simply put, color the human eye can see
Visible Light Spectrum