Lessons
Exploring the Ocean
Ocean Habitats
Ocean Habitats
Resources from the Ocean
Chapter 14
Ocean Zones
Lesson 1, The Ocean Floor
What makes exploring the ocean floor difficult?
What technological advances have been made to explore the ocean floor?
Lesson 2a, Ocean Habitats
Which types of marine organisms are plankton?
Which types of marine organisms are nekton?
Which types of marine organisms are benthos?
Which serves as producers for the ocean habitants?
What makes estuaries valuable?
What are the characteristics of mangroves?
What are the characteristics of salt marshes?
What are the characteristics of sandy shores?
What are the characteristics of rocky shores?
What are the characteristics of tide pools?
Lesson 2b, Ocean Habitats
Which habitats can be found in the neritic zone?
Which habitats can be found in the deep zone?
What are conditions in the neritic zone?
What are conditions in the open ocean zone?
What are conditions in the deep zone?
What are characteristics of coral reefs?
What are characteristics of kelp forests?
Which is the only zone in which sunlight reaches the floor and supports the growth of algae?
What organisms live in the deep zone?
What are characteristics of hydrothermal vents?
Lesson 3, Resources from the Ocean
Where are most of USA’s fisheries?
What is a positive and negative effects of aquaculture?
What are some other useful products?
What are some nonliving ocean resources?
What procedure is necessary to extract the oceans oil?
What are some minerals that are extracted for use?
What is the root of most ocean pollution?
How do natural occurrences pollute the ocean?
What are some human activities the pollute the ocean?
How can the ocean be protected?
Test Review
All short answer and essay questions must be answered in complete sentences, must use terms learned, and be written at an 8th grade level.
Identify all ocean zones: its challenges, (2) habitats, and (3) organisms
Must identify parts of the ocean floor.
