Ocean and Animals

What causes the levels of salinity in the ocean to differ?

• Rate of evaporation

• How much wind there is

• Run off from watersheds

• Icecaps/icebergs melting

• How deep the water is

In this food chain what is true?

• Plankton is a preditor

• Crustaceans are eaten by white mackerel

• Clams are eaten by plankton

• The round scad is a decomposer

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Which animals would be most directly impacted if crustaceans were to die out?

• Plankton and squid

• White mackerel and claims

• Small fish and Mackerel

• Big reef squid and and round scad

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Which organism floats?

Which organism is swimming?

Which organism is non-moving?

The ocean is made up of water, dissolved gases, dissolved salt, and other particles. Why is it important that it contains dissolved gases?

• It allows us to float.

• Marine organisms depend on it for survival.

• It helps matter to decay faster.

• It allows sediments to dissolve into the water.

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Which of the following marine organisms can be classified as producers?

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This midwater jelly can light up its long tentacles to distract a potential predator long enough to escape. If that doesn't work, it can detach its tentacles and flee.

What inference can you make about where this marine organism lives?

• It must live on the continental shelf to absorb light from the sun.

• It must live on the continental slope because it needs the sun

• It must live in the oceanic trench because it is the deepest and darkest area.

• It must live on the abyssal floor because it is the deepest and darkest area.

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Which is the abyssal plain?

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