Ocean Exploration Review

What layer of the ocean receives the most sunlight?

• sunlight layer

• abyssal layer

• twilight layer

In what order do the layers of the ocean go in order of least to greatest depth?

• midnight, hadal, twilight, sunlight, abyssal

• hadal, abyssal, midnight, twilight, sunlight

• sunlight, twilight, midnight, abyssal, hadal

Why do people depend on fish?

• food

• oil and gas

Oil and gas can be mined from where?

• Ocean floor

• Corals

Algae can be used to create what?

• cancer medicine

• mine for gas

• shampoos, yogurt, soaps, milk, medicine capsules

Corals and sponges can be used to create what?

• shampoos, soaps, yogurt, milk

• cancer medicine

True or False. The deeper you go in the ocean, the lower the temperature and the higher the pressure.

• True

• False

What does the action of moving ocean water remove from the atmosphere?

• salt

• water

• carbon

A sampling device is used to measure temperature. What can that technology be used to do?

• To map the ocean's physical and chemical features like temperature and pH.

• To study ocean biodiversity (variety of life).

To live in the abyssal zone, what must an animal be able to do?

• resist high pressure

• produce its own food through photosynthesis

• hide from the many species of predators found there.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4