Deep Sea
What animal lives in the deep sea?
A.) Crabs
B.) Dolphins
C.) Turtles
The answer is Crabs
What percentage of life is found in the ocean?
A.) 75%
B.) 90%
C.) 42%
The Answer is B: 90%
Water covers how much of the Earth's Surface?
A.) 66%
B.) 70%
C.) 75%
The Answer is C.) 75%
This substance has been extracted and spilled in the ocean and harmed lots of animals.
Oil
This causes the rise and fall of the tides.
The Moon
Squids and Octopus live in the deep sea. They are able to withstand the compression of the deep because they are mostly made of what?
The answer is Water
These microscopic organisms synthesize energy from the sun into food.
Plankton
Located off the shore of Australia, this place is the biggest gathering of coral in the world.
What is the Great Barrier Reef.
This threat is increasing water levels around the globe.
Global Warming or Climate Change are acceptable.
How much of the ocean have we explored?
A.) 5%
B.) 10%
C.) 25%
D.) 30%
The answer is A: 5%
Because of the absence of light, most animals suffer from this optical disability.
They are blind.
This animal is affectionately known as the "sea cow".
What is its name?
The answer is Manatee
This is the deepest part of our ocean, clocking in at 3.5 miles below sea level (36,070 ft.) What is the name of this point?
The answer is Challenger Deep.
It is located in the Mariana Trench, which is also acceptable.
This human act is causing animals to die because of introducing foreign elements into their environment. They may cause animals to get stuck or cause pain when they ingest it.
Pollution / Coastal Pollution.
When traveling the oceans, nautical miles are used. Are they:
A.) Longer than a mile
B.) Equal to a Mile
C.) Shorter than a mile
The answer is A longer than a mile
The absence of sunlight has caused there to be a lack of pigment in these fish and are mostly water. What does that do to their appearance?
They are clear and without color.
The biggest animal alive today is?
Blue Whale
The world is covered with massive oceans containing a diverse ecosystem. Name the 5 oceans.
Arctic, Indian, Pacific, Atlantic, & Southern Oceans
This is the number 1# cause of habitat destruction and population depletion.
Overfishing
Freshwater makes up 3% of the total water supply. Where is the largest quantity of fresh water in the world?
The Great Lakes
This is the main source of energy for deep-sea ecosystems. Microscopic Organisms use this for a food source.
Underwater Vents / Volcanoes
Octopi are found throughout the ocean. What group are they a part of? (Their class of phylum.)
The answer is Cephalopod or Mollusk
Name the 5 Great Lakes.
Lake Superior, Erie, Huron, Michigan, and Ontario
The pH level of water is steadily rising. What is this process called?
Acidification
The Titanic has been on the ocean floor for over 100 years. On what year did the Titanic sink?
April 14th, 1912