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Ocean Movement
Exploration
Ocean Water
Ocean Life & Zones
100
A major current that affects the east coast of North America.
What is the Gulf Stream?
100
This part of the ocean has very long, narrow, and deep depressions in the earth's oceanic crust.
What is a trench?
100
The most common mineral found in ocean water.
What is salt?
100
Algae and other producers can be found in this zone.
What is the Sunlight zone? (above the continental shelf)
200
Wind, Salinity, and Water Temperature.
What affects ocean currents?
200
This decreases as depth increases.
What is temperature?
200
Salinity
What is the measure of the amount of salt in ocean water?
200
free floating organisms that provide energy for the rest of the food web.
What is plankton?
300
The moon's gravity and Earth's rotation.
What causes tides to change?
300
This affects water pressure.
What is depth?
300
96%
How much of the ocean is actually water?
300
This organism gets energy from sunlight to make its own food.
What is phytoplankton?
400
Tsunami
What do we call giant waves?
400
Self contained underwater breathing apparatus
What is Scuba?
400
Desalination
What is the process of removing salt from ocean water?
400
600-3,000 ft
What is the Twilight Zone?
500
The factor that affects the height of waves.
What is wind?
500
Island
What is formed when a seamount breaks through the surface of the ocean?
500
buoyancy
What is water's ability to support objects?
500
Bioluminescence is a structural adaptation for animals found in this zone.
What is Midnight zone?