Marine systems

Adaptations for attachment and the ability to bend with the waves, as well as to protect against drying out, are part of organisms in this ecosystem:

• coral reef

• estuary

• intertidal zones

• kelp forest

In which ecosystem would we find barnacles, seastars, birds, mussels and seaweed?

• intertidal zone

• kelp forest

• coral reef

• none of these

True of False: The temperature of the ocean water decreases as the depth of the water increases.

• True
• False

What are tiny organisms that float near the surface of the water?

• plankton
• organisms
• abiotic factor
• insects

When corals turn white due to algae leaving it is know as

• whiteout.

• coral bleaching.

• algal disease.

• coral death.

What effects density of ocean water?

• salinity and temperature

• temperature and speed of a wave

• salinity and size of a wave

• size and speed of a wave

Increased evaporation of ocean water will result in...

• decreased salinity

• Increased temperature

• Increased salinity

• snow days

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is a deep, underwater valley or canyon on the ocean floor?

• seamount
• trench
• continental rise
• continental slope

Whales, eels, dolphin and squid are examples of

• benthos

• nekton

• zooplankton

Lobsters, starfish, warms and snails are examples of

• zooplankton

• benthos

• nekton