Jeopardy vocab water cycle Ocean floor Life zones

Jeopardy vocab water cycle Ocean floor Life zones nothing Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Q $300 Q $300 Q $400 Q $400 Q $500 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

$100 VOCAB Coastal waters in cool, humid areas where fresh water rivers run into the ocean tend to have lower __________.

$200 vocab Where two tectonic plates on the ocean floor move apart, great mountain ranges called __________ are formed.

$300 vocab Sponges are __________ organisms, which means that they live on the ocean floor.

$400 vocab There are two main __________ on Earth: aquatic and terrestrial.

$500 vocab Most __________ are microscopic and float at or near the ocean’s surface.

$100 water cycle water vapor changing to liquid water

$200 water cycle the movement of water from ocean through the atmosphere and back

$300 water cycle liquid water changing to water vapor

$400 water cycle falling rain or snow

$500 water cycle Water soaks into the ground after a good rain

$100 ocean floor structure area between the shoreline and the continental slope

$200 ocean floor structure area between the continental shelf and the ocean floor

$300 ocean floor structure base of the continental slope

$400 ocean floor structure mountain chain on the ocean floor

$500 ocean floor structure broad, flat part of the deep-ocean basin

$100 marine life zones The area where fresh water meets salt water from the oceans

$200 marine life zones This is the deep, dark water of the ocean floor.

$300 marine life zones This is where dolphins and sea turtles live.

$400 marine life zones This is exposed to the air for part of the day.

$500 marine life zones This contains the deep water of the open ocean.

$100 nothing a long narrow valley that forms as tectonic plates separate

$200 nothing the hypothesis that the continents were once a single landmass

$300 nothing extreme ecosystem where the water is superheated and nutrient rich

$400 nothing a huge crack in the deep sea floor

$500 nothing the giant landmass that contained all the continents

answers Vocab Salinity Mid ocean ridge Benthic Food webs plankton Water cycle Condensation Water cycle Evaporation Precipitation percolation Marine life zones Estuary Benthic Neritic Intertidal oceanic Ocean floor structure Cont shelf Slope Rise Mid ocean ridge Abyssal plain Nothing Rift valley Cont. drift Black smoker Ocean trench pangaea

Final Jeopardy People who live in hot, dry climates often rely on __________ for their drinking water.

Final Jeopardy Answer Desalination plants