Jeopardy Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 EARTH’S OCEANS OCEAN FLOOR OCEAN LIFE OCEAN RESOURCES OCEAN POLLUTION Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

$100 EARTH’S OCEANS What are the most abundant elements in ocean water?

$200 EARTH’S OCEANS Which of the following statements is true about the Pacific Ocean? It is getting larger. It never changes. It is getting smaller. It is the smallest ocean.

$300 EARTH’S OCEANS The ocean’s surface temperatures vary with time of year and ____________.

$400 EARTH’S OCEANS Where would the temperature of the ocean probably be lowest? near the poles in winter b. near the poles in summer c. near the equator d. near the equator in winter

$500 EARTH’S OCEANS Which statement is true about the Earth’s oceans? a. They are all getting larger. b. They have changed over time. They have not changed in 4 billion years. d. They are all getting smaller.

$100 THE OCEAN FLOOR The measure of the amount of dissolved salts in a given amount of liquid is called

$200 THE OCEAN FLOOR Animals that are caught unintentionally in large nets

$300 THE OCEAN FLOOR The deep-ocean basin consists of the abyssal plain, mid-ocean ridges, ocean trenches, rift valleys, and seamounts. tectonic plates. c. hot spots. d. continental crust.

$400 THE OCEAN FLOOR Taking more fish than can be naturally replaced

What is the area between the shoreline and the continental slope? 500 THE OCEAN FLOOR What is the area between the shoreline and the continental slope?

$100 OCEAN LIFE Where do benthos live? near the ocean’s surface in the intertidal zone on or in the ocean floor d. in the open ocean

$200 OCEAN LIFE Which of the following statements describes nekton? a. They live on the ocean floor. b. They swim actively in the open ocean. c. Most are microscopic. d. All are fish.

$300 OCEAN LIFE Marine organisms are grouped by where they live and how they move. b. how long they live. whether they have scales or shells how big they are.

$400 OCEAN LIFE Crabs, seaweed, and clams are all phytoplankton. benthos. nekton. d. zooplankton.

$500 OCEAN LIFE Which of the following animals lives mainly in the oceanic zone? zooplankton crab c. giant squid d. starfish

$100 OCEAN RESOURCES Which of these resources cannot be harvested from the ocean? a. minerals b. food c. sludge d. energy

$200 OCEAN RESOURCES Why are drift nets a problem? a. They are too expensive to be practical. b. They are not big enough to catch many fish. c. They are too big and hard to manage. d. They can accidentally catch dolphins and turtles

$300 OCEAN RESOURCES Engineers drill in the ocean floor for a. manganese nodules. b. drinkable water. c. sodium chloride. d. oil and natural gas.

$400 OCEAN RESOURCES Farming and fishing are ways of harvesting the ocean’s a. sodium chloride. b. living resources. c. oil and natural gas. d. nonrenewable resources.

$500 OCEAN RESOURCES Wave energy in the North Sea is strong enough to produce power for a. half of Europe. b. the eastern United States. c. parts of Scotland and England. d. all of England.

$100 OCEAN POLLUTION Nonpoint-source pollution is a. not a serious problem in today’s oceans. b. difficult to trace because there’s so little of it. c. difficult to trace because it comes from different sources. d. easy to trace because it comes from one source.

$200 OCEAN POLLUTION An oil spill from a tanker is an example of a. sludge dumping. b. point-source pollution. c. trash dumping. d. nonpoint-source pollution.

$300 OCEAN POLLUTION How can picking up trash on a beach help? a. It will save garbage collector jobs. b. It will adopt a beach. c. It will make the beach safer for plants, animals, and people. d. It will educate people.

$400 OCEAN POLLUTION What does the U.S. Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act do? a. It prohibits accidental oil spills. b. It prohibits dumping harmful materials into the ocean. c. It puts lifeguards at every U.S. beach. d. It puts Congress in charge of trash dumping.

$500 OCEAN POLLUTION This is the solid part of raw sewage a. nonpoint-source pollution b. boats and jet skis on a lake c. point-source pollution d. sludge e. trash dumping

Answer Ocean Resources Earth’s Oceans C Sodium chlorine D C Latitude B Ocean Life C B A Ocean Floor SALINITY BYCATCH A OVERFISHING Continental shelf Ocean Pollution C B D

What is the area between the continental shelf and the ocean floor? Final Jeopardy 1st-6th What is the area between the continental shelf and the ocean floor?

Final Jeopardy Answer 1st-6th Continental slope

FINAL JEOPARDY Estuaries are important because they do all of the following except a. provide breeding grounds for migratory birds b. filter out pollution from runoff before it reaches the ocean c. provides an important source of salt for consumption d. is a nutrient rich habitat for many species of aquatic and terrestrial animals

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