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$100 Question fromA

If you’re swimming in the beach, what part of theocean are you stepping on?

$100 Answer from A

Continental shelf

$200 Question fromA

What is the area called where the continentalshelf slopes down to the bottom of the ocean?

$200 Answer fromA

Continental Slope

$300 Question fromA

What is the bottom of the ocean floor called?

$300 Answer fromA

Abyssal Plain

$400 Question fromA

Underwater mountains area also called?

$400 Answer fromA

Mid-Ocean ridges

$500 Question fromA

Where two plates hit each other, one slidingunderneath the other, what forms?

$500 Answer fromA

Trenches

$100 Question from B

Which is more dense, salt water or fresh water?

$100 Answer from B

Salt water (think of the egg)Fresh water

Salt water

$200 Question fromB

Water is most dense at 4ᵒ C and it freezesat 0ᵒ C. Why is this so important for life on earth?

$200 Answer from B

It means ice floats. If this weren’t true,lakes would freeze from the bottom up andkill all the fish.

$300 Question from B

What property of water causes water moleculesto be attracted to one another? Hint: think aboutwhat happens when you spill a cup of water orcloud formation (condensation).

$300 Answer from B

cohesion

$400 Question from B

What force keeps people from diving belowabout 130 feet below the surface of the ocean?

$400 Answer from B

Water pressure

$500 Question from B

What property of water allows certain insects to walk on the water?

$500 Answer from B

Surface tension

$100 Question from C

What is the zone between high tide and low tide called?

$100 Answer from C

Intertidal zone

$200 Question from C

As you go further into the ocean, the temperature

, and the pressure.

$200 Answer from C

Temperature decreasesPressure increases

$300 Question from C

An area where salt water and fresh water meet.

$300 Answer from C

Estuary

$400 Question from C

An ecosystem located in warm ocean waters.an excellent source of food and protectionfor the organisms that live there.

$400 Answer from C

Coral Reef

$500 Question from C

What role do the deep ocean vent ecosystems playin the composition of the Earth’s oceans?

$500 Answer from C

They recycle the ocean water and provide itwith minerals as it passes through the magma chamber under the Earth’s crust.

$100 Question from D

After 650 feet (200 meters) down, what happens to light?

$100 Answer from D

It becomes totally dark because light can’tpenetrate any further.

$200 Question from D

In which zone does the greatest varietyof the ocean’s organism’s live?

$200 Answer from D

Continental shelf, but to be technical, the Photic Zone (first 200 meters)

$300 Question from D

What zone is located below 2000 m where thewater pressure is more than 200 times the pressureof the surface?

$300 Answer from D

Abyssal Zone

$400 Question from D

What is the temperature range in the abyssal zone?

$400 Answer from D

Between 2 and 4 degrees Celsius.

$500 Question from D

Many organisms in the bottom of the ocean depend onnutrients from where?

$500 Answer from D

Near the surface of the Ocean.

$100 Question from E

In which century did we discover there are creaturesliving at the bottom of the ocean and were able to explore the area?

$100 Answer from E

The 20th century

$200 Question from E

In what ocean ecosystem must organisms adaptto an environment that changes between wet and dry?Hint: we look for some of these creatures on the beach.

$200 Answer from E

Intertidal Ecosystem (zone)

$300 Question from E

What is the flattest part of the ocean?

$300 Answer from E

Abyssal Plain

$400 Question from E

What is the definition of upwelling?

$400 Answer from E

Cold, nutrient rich, ocean water that movesto the surface.

Fishermen love it!

$500 Question from E

New ocean floor is being formed at:Hint: think where the ocean plates are moving apart and molten rock is seeping up.

$500 Answer from E

Mid Ocean Ridges