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How well do you know the open ocean?
How well do you know the open ocean?
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1
What is another name for the epipelagic zone?
Open Ocean
Lower Open Ocean
Middle Open Ocean
Upper Open Ocean
2
The GPGP stands for...
Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Great Pacific Garbage Patrol
Geological Program Ground Performance
Good People Good Problems
3
What is the official name for "marine snow"?
decompor bodius
fishus deficitus
detritus
nix marinus
4
Mrs. Willams created the ocean and that's why she knows so much about it.
False
True
5
How much of U.S. trade involves some form of marine transportation?
67%
75%
76%
77%
6
Sea surface height can be used to determine...
The amount of land we have left to walk on
Ocean heat storage
Sea level rise
How much water is in the ocean
7
How much of the Earth's surface does the ocean cover?
55%
70%
45%
64%
8
The highs and lows on the ocean surface is called?
Sea surface height
Water height
Ocean limit
Sea stop
9
Climate change...
Promotes shrimp tacos.
Increases the ocean's temperature.
Promotes acidification.
Makes it harder for fish to breathe (in the water).
10
Ocean acidification is NOT spread through all of the animals through the food web.
True
False
11
What zones does the open ocean biome encompass?
Epipelagic
Bathypelagic
Mesopelagic
Hadal
12
How does the Global Conveyor Belt work?
It is driven by temperature and depth
It is driven by ocean waves and salinity
It is driven by temperature and salinity
It is driven by pressure and depth
13
The ocean provides...
Shelter to every single animal on Earth
Oxygen
Food
Ecosystems to marine animals
14
Humans have explored how much of the world's ocean?
2%
7%
5%
10%
15
Some organisms can go their whole lives without ever coming into contact with the shore, seafloor, or water’s surface.
False
True
16
Pollution is the biggest threat to the open ocean.
True
False
17
What term is used for these open ocean organisms?
Niche-producers
Eco-engineers
Habitat-hibitors
Bio-creators
18
The open ocean is the largest biome and covers 45% of the Earth's surface.
False
True
19
Mrs. Williams DID NOT discover the ocean.
False
True
20
Seawater composition is...
50% your mom and 50% your dad
96.5% water and 2.5% salts
40% water and 60% salts
90% water and 10% salt
21
Almost a third of fish docks are overfished.
True
False
22
What is bioluminescence?
The esca attached to an angler fish
when living organisms produce and give off their own light
makes organisms transparent due to the glow
a substance that emits light
23
What do open ocean organisms do for coastal waters?
They help slow global warming caused by the release of greenhouse gases
They provide food for fish, invertebrates, and marine mammal species
They make a pathway for other organisms to get to Mrs. WIlliams' classroom
They reshape ecosystems to create new habitats for other species
24
What is the official name for the system of currents that move through the world?
Conveyor Current System
The Global Conveyor Belt
The International Current System
The International Conveyor Belt
25
What organisms can be found in the open ocean?
algae
Leatherback sea turtle
flying fish
whale shark
26
The ocean has more historic artifacts than...
Schools
Your mom
Mr. Millers Office
All of the world's museums
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Which are examples of threats to the open ocean?
scraping entire ecosystems off seamounts
an overabundance of plastic
deep-sea trawling destroying underwater mountain ranges
clearing mangrove forests
