Motion of the Ocean
Floor Features
Secrets of the Deep
Ocean Ecosystem
Water Fun Facts
100
A disturbance seen on the surface of water usually caused by wind
What is a wave?
100
The area with an abrupt, steep, drop off; covered with sand, mud, and rocks
What is the continental slope?
100
The amount of salt dissolved into a liquid
What is salinity?
100
Plankton must have this in order to survive in the ocean.
What are: sunlight?
100
This much of the surface of the Earth is covered by oceans.
What is: 70%?
200
These are caused by the gravitational pull of the moon.
What are tides?
200
A deep narrow valley ; considered the deepest part of the ocean
What is a trench?
200
Name the three ocean zones in order from the deepest to the most shallow.
What is the Midnight Zone, Twilight Zone and Sunlight Zone
200
The main source of oxygen for us humans and the main food source for blue whales
What is: plankton?
200
This part of the ocean floor is gently sloping.
What is: the continental shelf?
300
This ocean feature is caused by wind that allows warmer water to travel up from the tropics and past the United States.
What is the Gulf Stream?
300
This is the wide flat area, that also has mountains and ridges, and extends out from the bottom of the continental rise.
What is the abyssal plain?
300
As your depth increases in the ocean name three things that change. (you may use + for the word increase and - for the word decrease)
What is:
- Salinity increase
- Ocean life decreases
- Pressure increases
- Sunlight decreases
300
Look at the food web. These animals receive their energy from the rat.
What is: python, eagle, wolf
300
The temperature on land is affected by this.
What is: the temperature of the surface of the ocean near the land?
400
These cause surface ocean currents.
What are: the wind & the rotation of the Earth?
400
The longest mountain chain that runs along the ocean floor; formed from volcanic activity
What is the Mid Ocean Ridge?
400
Animals are able to live in the midnight zone because they have done this.
What is adapted?
400
Use this picture as an example. This area would have the most salinity. Hint: You have one on your face.
(Answer should be in word form)
What is the mouth of the river
400
Waves cause the land to _____ by hitting shallow beach and land.
What is: erode/erosion?
500
This causes deep ocean currents.
What is: change in temperature and salinity?
500
This is the largest Trench in the ocean (7 miles deep).
What is the Mariana Trench?
500
This is what happens to water pressure and salinity as your depth decreases.
What is: increase?
500
Phytoplankton is an example of this.
What is a producer?
500
When reading a food web, the arrows point at an animal to tell you this.
What is: the animal that gets its energy from eating that animal?