MARINE BIOLOGY
This process allows fish to breathe underwater by extracting oxygen from water.
What is breathing through gills?
This famous explorer is often mistakenly credited with discovering America, but he did also explore many ocean routes.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This habitat is where rivers meet the ocean, creating a mix of fresh and salt water.
What is an estuary?
This is the process where water changes from liquid to gas and rises into the atmosphere.
What is evaporation?
This legendary sea creature is described as a giant octopus or squid that attacks ships.
What is the Kraken?
This is what we call animals that eat only plants, like manatees and some sea turtles
What are herbivores?
This underwater vessel allows scientists to explore deep parts of the ocean safely.
What is a submarine (or submersible)?
These underwater "forests" are made of large brown seaweed and provide homes for many sea creatures
What are kelp forests?
This is what happens when water vapor in the air cools down and forms clouds.
What is condensation?
This area in the Atlantic Ocean is famous for mysterious disappearances of ships and planes.
What is the Bermuda Triangle?
This is the term for animals that are active at night, like many sharks and octopi.
What are nocturnal animals?
This famous ship sank in 1912 after hitting an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean.
What is the Titanic?
This type of habitat is found in warm, shallow waters and is built by tiny animals over thousands of years.
What is a coral reef?
These powerful ocean storms form over warm water and can cause huge waves and flooding.
What are hurricanes (or typhoons)?
Scientists recently discovered that this giant squid, once thought to be a myth, really exists in the deep ocean.
What is the giant squid?
This is the scientific term for the process where whales and dolphins come to the surface to breathe air.
What is surfacing (or breaching)?
This famous ocean explorer and filmmaker created documentaries about the deep sea and found the Titanic wreck.
Who is Jacques Cousteau? (Accept: James Cameron for finding Titanic)
This habitat is found on the ocean floor in the deepest, darkest parts of the sea.
What is the abyssal plain (or deep sea floor)?
This is the name for the large streams of warm or cold water that flow through the oceans and affect weather patterns.
What are ocean currents?
This is what scientists call the strange, glowing light that some deep-sea creatures can produce.
What is bioluminescence?
This is what scientists call the relationship between clownfish and sea anemones, where both animals benefit.
What is symbiosis (or mutualism)?
This is the deepest known part of Earth's oceans, located in the Pacific Ocean.
What is the Mariana Trench?
These are underwater mountains that rise from the ocean floor, often creating unique habitats.
What are seamounts?
his ocean current brings warm water from the Gulf of Mexico to the North Atlantic, keeping Europe warmer than it would otherwise be.
What is the Gulf Stream?
These are underwater structures that some people believe were built by ancient civilizations, though most are natural formations.
What are underwater ruins (or underwater cities)?