Our Wondrous Oceans Planet Water

Name: ______Our Wondrous Oceans Planet Water

KNOW, NEED, LEARN Directions: In the K column you will list what you already KNOW about oceans, ocean currents, and their effect on the climate. In the N column you will list what you NEED to learn about oceans, ocean currents, and their effect on the climate. In the L column you will write what you LEARNED about oceans, ocean currents, and their effect on the climate after you watch the video.

K N L What I Already KNOW What I NEED to Learn What I LEARENED Name: ______Our Wondrous Ocean Planet Water Questions

Fill in the blanks and answer the questions in the spaces provided. 1. Almost 75 percent, or three-quarters, of the earth’s surface is covered by water, found mostly in depressions called ______. 2. Water is the only substance on earth that exists naturally as a ______, ______, and ______. 3. This process, where water evaporates, condenses, and precipitates, is called the water ______. 4. Ocean waters move during the tides from the influence of the moon and from the force of ______. 5. The Gulf Stream is a warm ______that flows from the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico up through the Atlantic towards England. 6. By learning more about the ocean, we may also begin to protect its precious resources, upon which humans and ______depend. 7. Plankton provides food for small ______. 8. Some Far Eastern countries depend on seaweed for over one-fifth, or ______percent, of their daily diet. 9. Some marine plants, like red seaweeds, have yielded important disease-fighting medicines called ______. 10. Some ______found in the deep ocean are essential to the production of steel and electrical wiring. 11. The study of the oceans is called ______. 12. The five oceans are ______, ______, ______, ______, and ______. 13. Some scientists believe that ______and ______were released from the earth’s crust to form the water in the oceans. 14. Ocean currents are caused mostly by ______.

Write your answers in the space provided. 15. Describe the ocean environment called the “splash zone”.

16. Why does ice float?

17. Name three foods that come from the ocean.

Answer by writing T for True or F for False on the line. 18. Oceans are partially landlocked bodies of water. _____ 19. Deep ocean currents are caused partly by global winds. _____ 20. Oceans are only important to ocean life forms, like fishes. _____ 21. Over 90% of planet earth is covered by the oceans. _____