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$100 Question fromA
If you’re swimming in the beach, what part of theocean are you stepping on?
$100 Answer from A
Continental shelf
$200 Question fromA
What is the area called where the continentalshelf slopes down to the bottom of the ocean?
$200 Answer fromA
Continental Slope
$300 Question fromA
What is the bottom of the ocean floor called?
$300 Answer fromA
Abyssal Plain
$400 Question fromA
Underwater mountains area also called?
$400 Answer fromA
Mid-Ocean ridges
$500 Question fromA
Where two plates hit each other, one slidingunderneath the other, what forms?
$500 Answer fromA
Trenches
$100 Question from B
Which is more dense, salt water or fresh water?
$100 Answer from B
Salt water (think of the egg)Fresh water
Salt water
$200 Question fromB
Water is most dense at 4ᵒ C and it freezesat 0ᵒ C. Why is this so important for life on earth?
$200 Answer from B
It means ice floats. If this weren’t true,lakes would freeze from the bottom up andkill all the fish.
$300 Question from B
What property of water causes water moleculesto be attracted to one another? Hint: think aboutwhat happens when you spill a cup of water orcloud formation (condensation).
$300 Answer from B
cohesion
$400 Question from B
What force keeps people from diving belowabout 130 feet below the surface of the ocean?
$400 Answer from B
Water pressure
$500 Question from B
What property of water allows certain insects to walk on the water?
$500 Answer from B
Surface tension
$100 Question from C
What is the zone between high tide and low tide called?
$100 Answer from C
Intertidal zone
$200 Question from C
As you go further into the ocean, the temperature
, and the pressure.
$200 Answer from C
Temperature decreasesPressure increases
$300 Question from C
An area where salt water and fresh water meet.
$300 Answer from C
Estuary
$400 Question from C
An ecosystem located in warm ocean waters.an excellent source of food and protectionfor the organisms that live there.
$400 Answer from C
Coral Reef
$500 Question from C
What role do the deep ocean vent ecosystems playin the composition of the Earth’s oceans?
$500 Answer from C
They recycle the ocean water and provide itwith minerals as it passes through the magma chamber under the Earth’s crust.
$100 Question from D
After 650 feet (200 meters) down, what happens to light?
$100 Answer from D
It becomes totally dark because light can’tpenetrate any further.
$200 Question from D
In which zone does the greatest varietyof the ocean’s organism’s live?
$200 Answer from D
Continental shelf, but to be technical, the Photic Zone (first 200 meters)
$300 Question from D
What zone is located below 2000 m where thewater pressure is more than 200 times the pressureof the surface?
$300 Answer from D
Abyssal Zone
$400 Question from D
What is the temperature range in the abyssal zone?
$400 Answer from D
Between 2 and 4 degrees Celsius.
$500 Question from D
Many organisms in the bottom of the ocean depend onnutrients from where?
$500 Answer from D
Near the surface of the Ocean.
$100 Question from E
In which century did we discover there are creaturesliving at the bottom of the ocean and were able to explore the area?
$100 Answer from E
The 20th century
$200 Question from E
In what ocean ecosystem must organisms adaptto an environment that changes between wet and dry?Hint: we look for some of these creatures on the beach.
$200 Answer from E
Intertidal Ecosystem (zone)
$300 Question from E
What is the flattest part of the ocean?
$300 Answer from E
Abyssal Plain
$400 Question from E
What is the definition of upwelling?
$400 Answer from E
Cold, nutrient rich, ocean water that movesto the surface.
Fishermen love it!
$500 Question from E
New ocean floor is being formed at:Hint: think where the ocean plates are moving apart and molten rock is seeping up.
$500 Answer from E
Mid Ocean Ridges