Vocabulary: Lesson 1

Question 1

Aquatic Animals

Answer 1

Water Animals

Question 2

Nekton (Nektonic Animals) - nek’ tun

Answer 2

Aquatic animals that can swim by propelling, gliding or paddling.

Question 3

Benthos (Benthic Animals) - ben’ thahs

Answer 3

Aquatic animals that don’t swim but scurry, crawl, hop, scoot burrow, or slither across the bottom of a body of water.

Question 4

Sessile - ses’ uhl

Answer 4

Benthic Animal that sticks to one place and just sits there, not moving around.

Question 5

Plankton - plangk’ tun

Answer 5

Benthic animals that wander or drift

Question 6

Phytoplankton - fye’ toh plangk’ tun

Answer 6

Plankton that use the sun to make their own food.

Question 7

Zooplankton - zoh’ uh plangk’ tun

Answer 7

Plankton that need to eat in order to get food

Question 8

Mammals

Answer 8

Warm blooded creatures that breathe air, has a backbone and hair

Question 9

Reptiles

Answer 9

Cold blooded creatures that breathe air, has a backbone, scales and lays eggs

Question 10

Amphibians

Answer 10

Cold blooded creatures that don’t have scales

Question 11

Fishes

Answer 11

Cold blooded creature that doesn’t breathe air, has a backbone and scales

Question 12

Invertebrates - in vur’ tuh brayts

Answer 12

A creature without a backbone

Question 13

Vertebrates - vur’ tuh brayts

Answer 13

A creature that has a backbone

Question 14

River Head

Answer 14

Beginning of a river

Question 15

River Mouth

Answer 15

End of a river

Question 16

Surface Currents

Answer 16

Currents that form on the surface of the ocean

Question 17

Gyres - jires

Answer 17

Circular patterns in ocean surface currents

Question 18

Thermohaline Currents - thur moh hay’ line

Answer 18

A deep ocean current caused by ocean water sinking and rising

Question 19

High Tide

Answer 19

When the water line is high on the shore

Question 20

Low Tide

Answer 20

When the water line is low on the shore

Question 21

Spring Tides

Answer 21

When the high tides are higher than usual and the low tides are lower than usual

Question 22

Neap Tides

Answer 22

When the high tides are lower than usual and the low tides are higher than usual

Question 23

5 Oceans

Answer 23

Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern and Arctic

Question 24

Seas

Answer 24

Seas are smaller than oceans but still made up of salt water

Question 25

Freshwater

Answer 25

Water that is not salty

Question 26

Brackish

Answer 26

What happens when freshwater mixes with saltwater

Question 27

Estuary - es’ choo air’ ee

Answer 27

The place where a river meets an ocean or sea

Question 28

Continental Shelf - kon’ tuh nent uhl

Answer 28

The part of a continent that is under water

Question 29

Continental Slope - kon’ tuh nent uhl

Answer 29

The end of the continental shelf where there is a drop off into the deep ocean below

Question 30

Continental Rise - kon’ tuh nent uhl

Answer 30

One part near the very end of the drop off that has a more gentle slope

Question 31

Abyssal Plain - uh bis’ uhl

Answer 31

The deep, dark ocean floor

Question 32

Sunlit Zone

Answer 32

The underwater zone that is lit by the sun

Question 33

Twilight Zone

Answer 33

The underwater zone that is fairly dark with only a little sun coming through

Question 34

Midnight Zone

Answer 34

The underwater zone that is completely dark with no sun reaching it

Question 35

Bioluminescence - by oh loo mi ness’ ens

Answer 35

The ability to create light

Question 36

Water Pressure

Answer 36

Heaviness of the water

Question 37

Submersibles - sub mur’ sub bulz

Answer 37

Underwater ships or vessels