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
What I Already KNOW
N
What I NEED to Learn
L
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. _____