1. Jeopardy Game
Oceans (SOL 5.6)

2. Ocean Floor
Ocean
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3. Question 1 Abyssal Plain What is the flattest part of the ocean?
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4. Question 2
Trench
What is the deepest part of the ocean?
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5. Question 3 Continental Slope
What is the area that connects the continental shelf with the continental rise known as?
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6. Question 4 Mid-ocean ridge
What is an underwater mountain range known as?
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7. Question 5
rift
A valley within a mid-ocean ridge is known as a _________.
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8. Question 6 salinity The ______ is the saltiness of an ocean.
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9. Question 7
Current
What is a stream of water that flows like a river through an ocean best known as?
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10. Question 8
Tides
What is the rise and fall in the level of an ocean best known as?
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11. Question 9
Gulf Stream
Which current flows from the Caribbean through the North Atlantic?
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12. Question 10 Weathering of rocks on land
Where does the salt in the ocean come from?
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13. Question 11
plankton
Microscopic organisms that float in the currents are known as _______.
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14. Question 12
phyto
Microscopic plant-like plankton are known as ______plankton.
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15. Question 13
zoo
Microscopic animal-like plankton are known as _____plankton.
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16. Question 14
Oxygen
What do phytoplankton produce?
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17. Question 15
nekton
Organisms that can swim freely are known as _______.
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18. Question 16 Water pressure
What is the force of water pressing on an object?
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19. Question 17
wind
Waves are mainly caused by _______.
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20. Question 18 The earth’s rotation
What causes earth’s ocean currents to bend to the right and left?
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21. Question 19 Temperature/light/life decrease and pressure increases
Name two things that happen as you go deeper into the ocean.
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22. Question 20 More evaporation, less precipitation, more run-off
Name two ways salinity can be increased.
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