NAME:________________DATE:____________PERIOD:_________
Planet Earth: Shallow Seas
The video is located at:
http://www.cornel1801.com/bbc/PLANET_EARTH/Shallow_Seas_online_documentary
_film.html
The parts we are watching are:
Part 1 : 0 – 12:02
Part 3: 0-8:05
Part 4 : 7:43- end
Part 1 – Tropical Shallow Seas
1. Tropical shallow seas are _____________ percent of the
world’s oceans.
2. _______________whales inhabit shallow seas.
3. Tropical shallow seas are sunny and warm but
_______________ do not live here, so there is a lack of food
for some animals.
4. Coral reefs contain _____________________ of all the life on
the planet.
5. Polyps are the tiny animals that create _____________
_________.
6. The Great Barrier Reef is located off the coast of
_____________________.
7. ________________ grows within the tissues of the coral
polyps.
8. Corals feed by using their _______________________.
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9. Name some animals living in coral reefs:
Part 3 – Temperate Shallow Seas
1. ________________________ turns the temperate shallow
seas green.
2. Algae produce ________________________ of all the oxygen
in the atmosphere.
3. __________________________ are the most abundant animal
on the planet.
4. Upwellings from the deep ocean provide
___________________ to giant kelp beds in California.
Part 4 Polar Seas
1. Eighteen million sea ________________ visit the Aleutian
Islands in the summer.
2. _______________________ whales use polar seas as feeding
grounds.
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Planet Earth: Ocean Deep
The video is located at:
http://www.cornel1801.com/bbc/PLANET_EARTH/Ocean_Deep_online_documentary_f
ilm.html
The parts we are watching are:
Part 1 : 0 – 3:21
6:52 – 13:03
Part 2 - all
Part 3: 0 – 6:30
Part 4 : 8:03 - end
Part 1
1. The oceans cover more than ______________ the surface of
the planet.
2. The biggest of all fish is the __________________
_______________.
3. It eats ____________________________.
4. When night falls, deep water ____________________ rise
from the depths.
5. They are followed by __________________.
Part 2
1.
Deep ocean has high _______________, low
________________and darkness.
2.
Name some deep ocean animals:
3.
Deep ocean animals conserve ___________________,
because _____________ is scarce.
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4.
Pressure at the sea floor is ______________________X
that of the surface.
5.
Name some sea floor animals:
Part 3
1. Thermal vents are __________________ degrees Fahrenheit.
2. ______________________ thrive here on minerals ejected
from the cracks.
3. Energy is derived directly from the Earth’s core instead of the
__________.
4. Underwater _______________________can be taller than Mt.
Everest.
Part 4
1. The biggest animal on Earth is the _______________
_____________.
2. It is threatened because _________________________.
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