2. Which of the following is an example of a connection between a terrestrial and aquatic food web?

3. A deep canyon on the ocean floor is called a(n) _______.

4. Non-living factors of an environment are called ______.

5. Benthos are organisms that live

6. Which of the following would be an example of nekton?

7. Coral reefs are located

8. A coastal inlet or bay where freshwater from a river mixes with salty ocean water is called __________. They are places where many marine organisms have babies and raise their young, like a nursery.

9. When salt water mixes with freshwater from a river the water is considered to be _____.

10. Which process allows cold ocean water, rich in nutrients, to rise to the surface?

11. Which of the following is true about the deep ocean?

12. In which oceanic zone do clams and crabs survive by burrowing in the sand?

13. Which of the following is considered a producer in a marine ecosystem?

14. Which ocean zone is always covered by water on the continental shelf, is shallow enough for photosynthesis to occur and contains many populations of marine organisms?

15. An area with unique ecosystems, where hot, nutrient rich ocean water rises through cracks in the ocean floor is called ____.

16. Why haven't humans been able to explore the deep oceans?

17. When ________ plates move apart (divide) and new sea floor appears, this is called sea floor spreading

18. _________ are the producers for most of the oceans aquatic food webs and produce most of the Oxygen on Earth.

19. Ocean currents flow in a clockwise rotation above the equator and counter clockwise below the equator, this is called _________.

20. Which of the following is a biotic resource from the ocean?

21. Choose from the following the term that describes most of the trash and pollution in the ocean that comes from a variety of sources like humans, fishermen, cruise ships, and recreational boating.

22. Organisms in the deep ocean that produce their own light to lure food and/or mates

23. What makes ocean water more dense than freshwater?

24. Which will most likely result if there is increased upwelling in a coastal area

25. Which of the following is a small vehicle designed to operate underwater

26.What is a methane cold seep?

27. What does the NOAA stand for?

28. Most precipitation and evaporation takes place where on Earth?

29. Which feature of the ocean floor matches Choice D? (answer choices go from A-G across from left to right if you can't see them very well)

30. Which feature of the ocean floor matches Choice A? (answer choices go from A-G across from left to right if you can't see them very well)

31. Which feature of the ocean floor matches Choice B? (answer choices go from A-G across from left to right if you can't see them very well)

32. A nearly flat region of the ocean floor, covered with thick layers of sediment, is called ________.

33. __________ is the farming of saltwater and freshwater organisms.

34. The area from the high tide line to the low tide line, where you go to at the beach, is called __________. Another name is the splash zone.

36. The study and exploration of the ocean is called ________.

37. Salinity is a measure of the amount of _____ in water.

38. The process that happens in deep ocean zones where organisms use chemicals to make their own food (sugars) without the sun's energy is called ______.

Which is able to give the most detailed information about the topography of a large area on the ocean floor?

In which part of the ocean do the greatest number of organisms live?

Which is most likely to be the energy source for organisms living in hydrothermal vents?