Exploring the Ocean
The sloping shallow floor that extends out from the edge of a continent
What is the continental shelf
I free-swim throughout the water column
What are nekton
These two wetlands have specific names
What is salt marshes and mangrove forests
This part of the ocean supports enough algae growth
What is the surface zone
Pesticides, sewage, and industrial waste are carried into estuaries by this
What are rivers
I am the continuous range of mountains that winds around Earth
What is the mid-ocean ridge
This is the base of open-ocean food webs
What is algae
I live in this zone which makes me able to tolerate periods of being exposed to air
What is the intertidal zone
You can find coral reefs and kelp forests in this zone
What is the neritic zone
What are oil and gas deposits
The smooth flat region of the ocean floor
What is the abyssal plain
I am the zone that extends from the low-tide line out to the edge of the continental shelf.
What is the neritic zone
My name is much like the ones in the night sky but I have my own title
What are sea stars
These factors make it difficult exploring the deep zone
What is darkness, cold temperatures and high water pressure
Farming of saltwater and fresh water organisms
What is aquaculture
This seafloor spreading occurs where plates are doing this at the mid-ocean range
What is diverging
Photosynthetic plankton
What are producers
Coastal inlets or bays where fresh water mixes with salty ocean water
What are estuaries
I a extend from the bottom of the surface zone to about 1 kilometer deep
What is the transition zone
These minerals are found off of the west coast of North America
What are gold, titanium, and tin
The deepest places on the ocean floor is called this
What are trenches
What is animal plankton
Due to improvement in the estuary this type of crabs population is increasing again
What are blue crab
I am hot water that rises out of the cracks in the ocean floor
What are hydrothermal vents
Most of the world's major mineral deposits are found here
What is near the coasts of continents