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Ocean Facts Ocean Floor Moving Water Layers of the Ocean Life in the Ocean
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200Ocean Facts

• Name the major oceans of the world.

Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic
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400Ocean Facts

• What is the largest ocean?

Pacific Ocean
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600Ocean Facts

• What does the word salinity mean?

The amount of salt in water
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800Ocean Facts

• What does the word buoyancy mean?

The ability to float
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1000 Ocean Facts

• How does the salt get into the ocean? (Hint the
  answer will have a couple steps)

Rainwater washes salt from rocks and land into
rivers which then empty into the oceans
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200Ocean Floor

• What are the tops of underwater mountains or
  volcanoes called when the stick above the surface
  of the water?

islands
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400Ocean Floor

• What is the name for the open, flatter area of
  the deep ocean?

Abyssal plain
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600Ocean Floor

• The rim of the continents that extend under water
  is known as the shallow

Continental shelf
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800Ocean Floor

• What is the name of the deepest known part of the
  ocean? (hint be specific!)

Marianas Trench
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1000Ocean Floor

• How is the continental rise formed? (In other
  words, what is it made of?)

From layers of sediments piling up
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200Moving Water

• Name three ways in which ocean water can move.

Waves, tides, currents
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400Moving Water

• What causes most waves?

The wind
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600Moving Water

• The Gulf Stream is a well known warm water
  current. Where is the Gulf Stream located?

Along the east coast of the United States
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800Moving Water

• What causes tsunamis?

Underwater earthquakes or volcanic eruptions
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1000Moving Water

• What causes deep water currents to occur? Explain
  with some details!

Differences in water temperatures and densities
both colder and saltier water sinks when this
water sinks and warmer, less saltier water rises,
currents are formed
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200Layers of the Ocean

• Which ocean layer is the warmest?

The photosynthetic layer
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400Layers of the Ocean

• Where are the temperatures the coldest?

The abyss
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600Layers of the Ocean

• Most life in the ocean is found in which layer?

The photosynthetic layer
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800Layers of the Ocean

• Explain what happens to each of the following as
  the depth of the ocean increases
• temperature
• amount of light
• water pressure

Temperature decreases Light decreases Water
pressure increases
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1000Layers of the Ocean

• Explain why there are few plants in the middle
  layer and no plants in the abyss.

There is little to no sunlight in these layers
and plants need a certain amount of sunlight for
photosynthesis.
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200Life in the Ocean

• What are producers?

Organisms that make their own food (plants).
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400Life in the Ocean

• Ocean life can be divided into three groups.
  Name those groups.

Plankton, nekton, benthos
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600Life in the Ocean

• What do food webs start with? WHY??

Plants because they are producers (make their
own food)
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800Life in the Ocean

• Where does the energy for a food web come from?

Sun
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1000Life in the Ocean

• Name an organism that would be an example of the
  following
• nekton-
• benthos-

Answers may vary Nekton (any organism which
swims freely) Benthos (any organism on or near
the bottom)
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• This game template was created by Beth Sellers
  at Stone Spring Elementary School in
  Harrisonburg, VA. It was designed to be a free
  tool for other teachers to access and use in
  their classrooms.