Jeopardy Game Oceans (SOL 5.6)

Ocean Floor Ocean Surface Ocean Life Random 10 pts 10 pts 10 pts 10 pts 20 pts 20 pts 20 pts 20 pts 30 pts 30 pts 30 pts 30 pts 40 pts 40 pts 40 pts 40 pts 50 pts 50 pts 50 pts 50 pts

Question 1 Abyssal Plain What is the flattest part of the ocean? Check Answer

Question 2 Trench What is the deepest part of the ocean? Check Answer

Question 3 Continental Slope What is the area that connects the continental shelf with the continental rise known as? Check Answer

Question 4 Mid-ocean ridge What is an underwater mountain range known as? Check Answer

Question 5 rift A valley within a mid-ocean ridge is known as a _________. Check Answer

Question 6 salinity The ______ is the saltiness of an ocean. Check Answer

Question 7 Current What is a stream of water that flows like a river through an ocean best known as? Check Answer

Question 8 Tides What is the rise and fall in the level of an ocean best known as? Check Answer

Question 9 Gulf Stream Which current flows from the Caribbean through the North Atlantic? Check Answer

Question 10 Weathering of rocks on land Where does the salt in the ocean come from? Check Answer

Question 11 plankton Microscopic organisms that float in the currents are known as _______. Check Answer

Question 12 phyto Microscopic plant-like plankton are known as ______plankton. Check Answer

Question 13 zoo Microscopic animal-like plankton are known as _____plankton. Check Answer

Question 14 Oxygen What do phytoplankton produce? Check Answer

Question 15 nekton Organisms that can swim freely are known as _______. Check Answer

Question 16 Water pressure What is the force of water pressing on an object? Check Answer

Question 17 wind Waves are mainly caused by _______. Check Answer

Question 18 The earth’s rotation What causes earth’s ocean currents to bend to the right and left? Check Answer

Question 19 Temperature/light/life decrease and pressure increases Name two things that happen as you go deeper into the ocean. Check Answer

Question 20 More evaporation, less precipitation, more run-off Name two ways salinity can be increased. Check Answer