January 5th HW- Oceans

Oceans cover about ______ of the surface of the earth.

• 60%

• 70%

• 80%

• 90%

The following are the oceans according to size

• Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, Antarctic

• Pacific, Indian, Atlantic, Arctic, Antarctic

• Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Antarctic, Arctic

• Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Antarctic, Arctic

Smaller bodies of salt water are called

• seas

• lakes

• oceans

• rivers

Tags

NGSS.5-ESS2-2

the production of light by means of a chemical reaction in an organism

• transition zone

• deep zone

• bio-luminescence

• surface zone

Area of ocean that extends from the low-tide line out to the edge of the continental shelf

• deep zone

• neritic zone

• open ocean

• aphotic zone

permanently dark layer of the oceans below the photic zone

• aphotic zone

• photic zone

• surface zone

• intertidal zone

Portion of the shoreline that lies between the high and low tide lines

• open ocean

• deep zone

• intertidal zone

• aphotic zone

Portion of the marine biome that is shallow enough for sunlight to penetrate.

• open ocean

• aphotic zone

• photic zone

• deep zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

An estuary is best defined as a place where--

• fresh and salt water meet

• a river meets the Chesapeake Bay

• a group of animals are gathered

• the water from the land flows into a river

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is 1 use of an estuary?

• Used as a place to help predators capture their prey

• Used as a "nursery" to help organisms raise babies

• Used as a place the filter sediment and trap pollution

• Used as an "overflow" area to prevent flooding

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3