6.1 Aquatic Science Pictionary Review

Which of the following vocabulary terms is defined as:

the relatively flat, deep sea floor at the bottom of the continental rise at depths of at least 1,000m

• abyssal plain

• barrier reefs

• continental margin

• coral atolls

Which of the following vocabulary terms is defined as:

the use of energy released by inorganic chemical reactions to produce food

• chemosynthesis

• chemosynthetic bacteria

• hydrothermal vents

• passive margins

Which of the following vocabulary terms is defined as:

one of three zones of the ocean, on the outer edge of continental crust touching oceanic crust under coastal waters.

• continental margin

• abyssal plain

• barrier reefs

• coral atolls

Which of the following vocabulary terms is defined as:

roughly ring-shaped structures of coral reefs surrounding a central lagoon

• coral atolls

• abyssal plain

• barrier reef

• continental margin

Which of the following vocabulary terms is defined as:

a thin shell forming the outermost layer of Earth; surrounds Earth

• Earth's Crust

• Earth's inner core

• Earth's Mantle

• Earth's Outer core

Which of the following vocabulary terms is defined as:

the innermost planet Earth geologic layer

• Earth's inner core

• Earth's Crust

• Earth's mantle

• Earth's outer core

Which of the following vocabulary terms is defined as:

lying between the thin outer layer and the highly heated core, this layer is mostly-solid bulk

• Earth's mantle

• Earth's crust

• Earth's outer core

• Earth's crust

Which of the following vocabulary terms is defined as:

the only liquid layer made of iron and nickel of Earth. It is located between the lower mantle and the solid inner core

• Earth's outer core

• Earth's crust

• Earth's inner core

• Earth's mantle

Which of the following vocabulary terms is defined as:

a coral reef lying close to the shore

• Fringing reefs

• Coral atolls

• Abyssal plain

• Barrier reef

Which of the following vocabulary terms is defined as:

the result of seawater spreading down through cracks in the ocean crust in the vicinity of subduction zones or spreading centers

• Hydrothermal vents

• Fringing reefs

• Coral atolls

• Continental margin