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Aspects of Oceanography
The Oceans
Sea Life
Waves, Currents, and Tides
Miscellaneous
100

Aspect of oceanography that focuses on plant and animal life in the sea

What is Biological Oceanography

100
This is the largest ocean
What is The Pacific Ocean
100
These marine plants and animals drift along with currents (character on SpongeBob)
What is Plankton
100

These strong currents, often encountered at beaches can carry a swimmer many yards off shore

What are Rip Currents

100
Explain how to safely escape a rip current
Swim parallel to shore until you are out of the current then swim back into shore, do not swim directly in to the current
200
Aspect of oceanography that deals with the motion of sea water, such as waves, tides, and currents
What is Physical Oceanography
200

This ocean contains an enormous current known as the Gulf Stream

What is The Atlantic Ocean

200
These are the largest marine mammals and are found in all oceans
What are Whales
200

The distance between two wave crests or troughs 

what is wavelength?

200
the amount of hours between the 2 daily high or low tides
What is 12 Hours 25 Minutes
300
Aspect of oceanography that concerns the distribution of chemical compounds and chemical reactions in the ocean
What is Chemical Oceanography
300
the smallest ocean
What is The Arctic Ocean
300
This marine animal contains a pouch from which the male animal gives birth
What are Seahorses
300

underwater disturbances can create monster waves known as

What are Tsunamis

300
97% of all Earth's water contains this
What is Salt
400
Aspect of oceanography that focuses on topographic features and the physical makeup of the ocean floor
What is Geological Oceanography
400
the island of Madagascar is surrounded by this ocean
What is The Indian Ocean
400

Many North Atlantic humpback whales migrate between these two places.

what are the Caribbean and Stellwagen Bank?

400

This current carries warm water up the East Coast of the United States

What is The Gulf Stream

400
At 36,069 feet deep this topographic feature is the deepest location in any ocean
What is The Marianas Trench
500
Aspect of oceanography that pertains to the study of the ocean's interaction with the atmosphere and its effect on weather and climate
What is Meteorological Oceanography
500
This ocean has the highest salinity
What is The Atlantic Ocean
500
Contrary to their name, these marine animals are not fish, but rather belong to phylum Cnidaria
What are Jellyfish
500

These are created by combining the gravitational pull of the moon and the sun and the rotation of the Earth

What are Ocean Tides

500

This is the name for the divergent plate boundary in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean 

What is the mid-Atlantic ridge?