Chapter 2

Question 1

Name the deepest body on earth?

Answer 1

Pacific ocean

Question 2

What provides the world with most of its oxygen?

Answer 2

Ocean Alage

Question 3

What is the name for algae that clumps together and grows to huge sizes?

Answer 3

Kelp

Question 4

What is the term for specials structures that help plants and animals survive?

Answer 4

Adaptions

Question 5

What do you call areas of land that are covered with water most of the year?

Answer 5

Wet lands

Question 6

How do fish get the oxygen they need to survive?

Answer 6

Gills

Question 7

Name the type of wetland that has woody plants like cypress trees and royal palms.

Answer 7

Swamps

Question 8

What is the name for animals that live in the water and on the land?

Answer 8

Amphibians

Question 9

where is most of earths water?

Answer 9

In oceans

Question 10

A water environment that has a mixture of fresh and salt water is called a?

Answer 10

Brackish environment

Question 11

How is surface water different from the deepest parts of the ocean?

Answer 11

Surface water is warmer. Deeper parts are cold

Question 12

In what part of the ocean is most ocean life(plants and animal) found?

Answer 12

(Near the surface in the middle, in the depths, or evenly disturbed throughout?)shallow waters up to 100 meters deep

Question 13

What are the differences between swamps, marshes, and bogs?

Answer 13

Swamps trees
Marshes grasses and reeds
Bogs moss and rich soil

Question 14

How do wetlands help the environment?

Answer 14

They filter
they provide homes for animals,
They absorb excess water to keep areas from flooding.

Question 15

What plants can be found in freshwater environments?

Answer 15

Grasses, reeds, moss, some trees

Question 16

What plants can be found in saltwater environments?

Answer 16

Kelp, algae, eel grass

Question 17

Why structure helps kelp to float?

Answer 17

Air bladders - they’re balloon like structures

Question 18

What are adaptations that help animals stay safe in the ocean?

Answer 18

Camouflage, claws, sharp teeth, ink

Question 19

What is the main difference between ocean water and water in rivers, lakes, and streams?

Answer 19

Ocean water has salt. The others have fresh water.

Question 20

Would the following animals be found in salt water (s) or freshwater (F)?

Answer 20

Jelly fish S frogs F, whales S, heron’s F

Question 21

Is there more salt water or fresh water on earth?

Answer 21

Salt water

Question 22

Is most of earth’s fresh water found in lakes, rivers, and springs,
or is it frozen in article areas?

Answer 22

Frozen arctic areas

Question 23

In what regions are coral found?

Answer 23

Shallow tropical reefs

Question 24

Are most plants in the ocean true plants or algae?

Answer 24

Algae

Question 25

What special adaptation to fish that live in deep dark oceans have?

Answer 25

Viper fish have large eyes and sharp teeth

Question 26

Do birds travel to wetlands during migrations?

Answer 26

Yes

Question 27

How can the pollution of ocean waters have an effect upon people who live anywhere in the world?

Answer 27

Pollution has a negative effect on both the plants and animals in the ocean.
People rely on the oxygen ocean algae produces
Birds and people eat animals from the ocean and can get sick
All of the oceans are connected so everyone needs to do their part to take care of them

Question 28

Name three ways you can you keep the oceans from getting polluted.

Answer 28

Reduce , reuse, recycle
Pick up trash/ participate in a beach clean up
Look for new energy sources that don’t pollute

Question 29

Name three types of amphibians

Answer 29

Frogs
Walking fish
Toads
Salamanders