Geology & Geography
The deepest of the four oceans
What is the Pacific Ocean?
Rays & skates have skeletons made of this material (not bone)
What is cartilage?
The largest organism on planet Earth
What is a blue whale?
The highest point of a wave
What is the crest?
The most common plant in the ocean
What is seaweed?
The deepest parts of the ocean
What is oceanic trenches (Mariana Trench)?
How many hearts does an octopus have
What are three hearts?
The fastest bony fish in the ocean
The lowest point of a wave
What is phytoplankton?
The name of the gentle slope at the edge of a continent
The name of the mollusk that has a heart but no brain
What is a clam?
This species can be 60 feet long but their brains are rarely over 6 inches
What are sharks?
The major cause of tides
What is the moon's gravity?
The marine environment with high biodiversity
The name of the steep drop from the continental shelf to the ocean floor
What is the continental slope?
In these organs in most fish, water flows the opposite direction to the blood, increasing oxygen transfer
What are gills?
This small fish of the genus hippocampus has no stomach & must eat almost constantly to stay alive
What is a seahorse?
How much of the earth is covered in water (%)
What is (about) 70%?
The lowest level of a food web
What are the producers?
This geological formation is described as the deep-ocean basin containing sea mounts
What is the Abyssal Plain?
For most sharks the oil found in this large organ helps keep them from sinking
What is the liver?
The organism makes its own sleeping bag from mucus at night to be safe from predators
What is a Parrotfish?
The average temperature of all ocean waters
What is (about) 3.5 degrees celcius (38.3 degrees Fahrenheit)?
Term for limbs of aquatic mammals or birds which have become adapted for swimming
What are flippers?