What are pelagic organisms?

Creatures that live in the open sea

How was water created on Earth

Volcanic gases release trapped in gases that creates rainfall

What are the four largest bodies of water?

Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Arctic Ocean

Creatures that live on the bottom of the sea: crabs, sea urchins, starfish

What is marine biology

The study of the ocean and the marine organisms that live within it

Organisms that are attached to one place: barnacles, anemones, mussels.

What is a carbon sink?

A carbon sink absorbs more carbon from the atmosphere than it releases

Creatures that swim against the water current

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What are pelagic organisms?
Creatures that live in the open sea
Creatures that live in the sewers
Creatures that live near underwater volcanoes and fault lines
Creatures that swim around the surface and or shores
2
How was water created on Earth
Water drifted out of the Earth's core and surfaced onto the crust
Stars released water vapor that fell down onto the Earth
God said, "Let there be water," and there was water.
Volcanic gases release trapped in gases that creates rainfall
3
What are the four largest bodies of water?
Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, North Sea, Antarctica Sea
Pacific Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, North Sea, Eastern Ocean
Pacfic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Southern Ocean, Arctic Ocean
Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Arctic Ocean
4
What are benthos
Microscopic plankton
Creatures that live on the bottom of the sea: crabs, sea urchins, starfish
Creatures that live in deep water and ocean trenches, live in the dark
Creatures that swim with water currents.
5
Did you enjoy this Quiz
Not really no
HECK YEAH I DID!
It was meh
Yeah
6
Plant organisms in the ocean provide ____ of our breathing air
half
one-third
all
two-thirds
7
What is marine biology
The study of microorganisms in the sea
The study of nachos
The study of the ocean and the marine organisms that live within it
The scientific study of the oceans and their climate and weather patterns
8
What are sessile
Creatures that have to constantly keep swimming: dory, manta rays, sharks.
Organisms that are attached to one place: barnacles, anemones, mussels.
Underwater plant life: seaweed, kelp
Creatures that hide underneath coral and reefs: fish, eels, sting rays
9
Ocean trenches are made when tectonic plates collide against each other
True
False
10
What is a carbon sink?
A carbon sink is a sink hole that swallows everything related to carbon
A carbon sink is a random sink you breath into
A carbon sink absorbs more carbon from the atmosphere than it releases
11
Would you make a Quiz to help your your team win Decathlon?
Never
If I have to
I'll do it
Nothing would make me happier
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What are nekton
Creatures that swim against the water current
Creatures that move with the water current
Microscopic plankton
Creatures with tentacles: squid, cuttlefish, jellyfish

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