Internet2 Ocean Worksheet
Internet Review #2 Name: ______________________
Instructions: Complete the following sheet, using various search engines like: altavista.
digital.com, www.yahoo.com, www.webcrawler.com, www.metasearch.com, www.lycos.com.
Note: When using altavista, make sure the language requested is English. You can type your
question in the search block. Example: "What is the marine biome?"
Topic:Marine Biome Website(s): _______________________________________________
1. What is meant by marine biome?______________________________________________
2. Describe the term "benthos"? ________________________________________
3. Describe the term "nekton"? _________________________________________
4. What organisms are found in the Mariana Trench? _______________________________
5. Describe the viper fish ______________________________________________________
Topic:SCUBA Website(s): ____________________________________________________
1 .What is nitrox? ___________________________________________________________
2. What causes the bends? _____________________________________________________
3. What is nitrogen narcosis? ___________________________________________________
4. How does a hyperbaric chamber work? _________________________________________
5. What was Jacques Cousteau's research vessel called? ____________________________
6. When was scuba first used? ___________________________________________________
7. Why was the book 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea important? ________________________
Topic:Bathymetric Mapping Website(s): __________________________________________
1.How did they find pieces of the Swissair jet? _______________________________________
2.What is bathymetric mapping? _________________________________________________
Topic: Sharks Website(s): _______________________________________________________
1. Where are the great white sharks found? __________________________________________
2. Describe one shark attack. _____________________________________________________
2. What is meant by "sleeping sharks"? ______________________________________________
3. Describe the teeth arrangement in sharks.___________________________________________
Topic: Giant Squid Website(s): ___________________________________________________
1. How big are giant squid?_____________ _________________________________________
2. Where are they found?________________ ________________________________________
Topic: Exploration Website(s): ___________________________________________________
1. Describe the Atocha. __________________________________________________________
2. Describe St. Paul's Island in Cape Breton? _________________________________________
3. Where is the Titanic? __________________________________________________________