Oceans

Ocean floor

100

sea floor

abyssal plain

200

drop off from shelf to plain

continental slope

300

volcanic seamount that rises above the surface of the water

seamount island

400

deep channels in the ocean floor

trenches

500

Sea mountain ranges

mid-ocean ridge

Ocean Life Zones

100

Zone between the high and low tide zones

intertidal zone

200

A zone with no light, no vegetation and extreme pressure.

*Daily Triple

Abyssal Zone

300

Open ocean zone

bathyal zone

400

shallow sea zone

*DAILY TRIPLE

neritic zone

500

Ocean zone that features the most life. 

neritic

Part of a wave

100

peak of a wave

crest

200

dip in a wave

trough

300

distance from crest to crest

*DAILY DOUBLE

wavelength

400

wave height

amplitude

500

a wave that collapses onto the beach

breaker

Ocean pollution

100

This pollution source comes from city septic systems is treated and then dumped into a body of water. 

sewage

200

This pollution type includes things like: bottles, cans, plastic bags, food wrappers, etc. 

solid waste

300

This pollution type causes bodies of water to dramatically increase or decrease in temperature. 

thermal pollution

400

This pollution type comes from tankers and underground pipelines. It is mostly generated from spills on land that get to the sea. 

*Daily Double

oil

500

This pollution type is created in factories, household products and nuclear plants.  This pollution is poured directly or indirectly into a water way and then makes its way to the ocean where it concentrates.  

toxic waste

Random Questions

100

In which ocean zone would you find creatures like Great White Sharks, Blue Whales and Giant Squid? 

bathyal zone

200

This is a floating island of trash. 

garbage patch

300

This is the percent of oxygen created by the oceans phyto-plankton. 

90%

400

This zone is home to creatures like the Viper Fish, Dumbo Octopus, Angler Fish  and Vampire Squid. 

**Daily Quad

Abyssal zone

500

These are some of the resources of the ocean. (Name at least 2)

oil, food, gold, minerals, salts