Ocean review 8th grade project

Sea level is fixed or dynamic?

• Fixed

• Dynamic

What does the MSL stand for?

How does a continental shelf form?

Define atoll

• A ring of high coral reef islands on the outside of the basin.

• A ring of low coral islands and reefs surrounding a central lagoon.

• A type of a special type of coral reef rarely found in deep cold ocean waters.

• A photosynthetic microorganism that lives in cold ocean basins.

The ocean's saltiness is its ________

True or False:
Coral reefs are important geological features that form from the activities of animals

• True

• False

Pure water freezes at __ C

True or False:
Plants and animals that live on a beach between the low and high tide limits occupy the neritic zone.

• True

• False

True or False:
The photic zone extends 100-200m in the open ocean

• True

• False

The ________ _____ ensures that there is a continuous supply of nitrogen