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Name: ________________________ Blue Planet: Ocean WorldThis is the first in “The Blue Planet” series. Its purpose is to establish the concept that the ocean is significant to life on land, mysterious and loaded with life. Embrace, appreciate, and respect our Blue Planet.What is the largest animal to ever live on our planet? ____________________________________________How large is a blue whale’s:Tongue?_________________________________c. Blood vessels? ____________________________Heart? __________________________________ d. Tail? ____________________________________Why is it able to swim so fast? ________________________________________________________________What do blue whales eat? ____________________________________________________________________How many krill can a blue whale eat in a day? __________________________________________________Why is the blue whale’s neck “pleated”? _______________________________________________________What is still unknown about a blue whale? _____________________________________________________What does our lack of knowledge, about the largest animal to ever live on the planet, remind us about our knowledge of the marine world? ___________________________________________________________What percentage (%) of the ocean is covered by the sea? ________________________________________How long can you fly over the Pacific before you see large land mass? ____________________________What is the purpose of “The Blue Planet” series? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________The ocean makes up __________% of the Earth’s inhabitable space by volume.What two factors regulate where life is found in the ocean? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________How significant is the influence that the ocean has over weather? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________What forms surface waves? __________________________________________________________________How far do surface waves travel? _____________________________________________________________What keeps the oceans of the world in constant motion and is the primary factor controlling the distribution of life in the seas? ________________________________________________________________What makes it possible for an island, in the middle of the ocean, to be teeming with life? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________Why do tuna and silky sharks visit these locations? ______________________________________________Why do hammerheads visit these seamounts? __________________________________________________How large is the migration of sardines along South Africa? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________What do sardines eat? _______________________________________________________________________What follows the sardine migration? ___________________________________________________________How do dolphins herd the sardines? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________What can a current do that will force it to bring nutrients to the surface? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________How many albatross nest on Steeple Jason Island? _____________________________________________What else is important for phytoplankton growth aside from nutrients? _____________________________Describe the largest migration on earth, which takes place nightly. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________How does the moon influence the ocean? ______________________________________________________Why do Ridley’s turtles (Olive and Kemp’s) lay their eggs at the same time in an arribada? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________What can the tide do to some turtle eggs? ______________________________________________________What natural cycle has the strongest influence on life in the ocean? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Describe the herring spawn in Alaska? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Why do herring arrive in Alaska? ______________________________________________________________How many eggs does each female lay? ________________________________________________________What does the water look like where the herring spawn? _________________________________________Who eats the eggs? _________________________________________________________________________Hypothesize what might occur if the herring were gone? _________________________________________How far is the migration of the gray whale? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Why do the mother whales leave Mexico least as they travel north? _______________________________Who hunts gray whales? _____________________________________________________________________Describe the killer whale’s hunting strategy? ____________________________________________________What do killer whales eat? ___________________________________________________________________What happens to the whales that sink to the sea floor? __________________________________________Why does the sleeper shark move so slowly? ___________________________________________________How does energy return from the deep sea? ___________________________________________________Why do these opalescent squid come to shallow water to mate? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ................
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