Oceans
How many Oceans are there in the world?
There are 5 Oceans
How many main Ocean Zones are there?
There are 3 main ocean zones.
What zone of the ocean are kelp forests found?
The sunlight zone!
Kelp forests can be in danger without this creature.
The sea otter.
What are the names of the oceans?
The Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and Southern Oceans
What are the names of the ocean zones?
The Sunlight zone, the twilight zone, and the midnight zone.
How does kelp get food?
Through Photosynthesis.
This spikey creature loves to eat kelp.
The sea urchin.
What is the warmest?
The warmest ocean is the Indian Ocean
What zone do most wildlife live in?
The sunlight zone.
What is Kelp? (eg. A plant, animal, algae, fungus, or bacteria)
Kelp is an algae.
Are Sea otters herbivores or carnivores? (plant eaters or meat eaters?
They are mostly carnivores. They eat meat: sea urchins, clams, oysters, frogs, crabs, crayfish, fish etc.
What is the name of the coldest Ocean?
The Coldest Ocean is the Artic Ocean.
Name at least one animal or living thing that lives in each zone.
Sunlight zone: Otters, sea urchins, coral, seaweed, kelp, sharks, tuna, mackerel, jellyfish, sea turtles, seals and sea lions and stingrays
Twilight zone: Shrimp, hatchet fish, swordfish, sponges, octopus, squid, mid-water jellyfish
Midnight zone: The angler fish, the blob fish, giant squid, snailfish
How tall does Kelp grow? How much in a day?
105 feet, 10 stories, more than 2 feet a day.
What is an urchin barren?
When the sea urchins grow out of hand and eat all the kelp, the ecosystem collapses, and all is left is hungry sea urchins.
What percent of the world is covered by Ocean?
What makes the different ocean zones?
Ocean zones are based on how deep they are and how far the sunlight reaches.
How is Kelp important to life in the ocean and how is Kelp helpful to humans?
Kelp provides, food, shelter, a hiding place, cover, photosynthesis to life in the ocean. For humans it helps act as a barrier to waves and winds for our coast lines. It also helps suck up polution.
How are sea otters important to kelp forests?
They love to eat sea urchins and this helps keep their population under control so they don't eat all the kelp.