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Fill in the Blank Puzzle Oceans and Maritime Fill-in-the-Blanks – myVocabulary.com

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Vocabulary Word List:

Oceans and Maritime word list:
aquatic, biodiversity, bioluminescence, brackish, continental shelf, disphotic zone, ecosystem, estuary, hurricane, intertidal, maritime, nautical, oceanographic, organism, plankton, sediment, substrate, tsunami
  • 1
    Waves from the
    reached unprecedented heights, crushing and washing away vegetation and dwellings.
  • 2
    Molly served three tours in the Navy and often told stories about her
    experiences.
  • 3
    Without adequate water or sunshine, the scientist feared
    would be negligible.
  • 4
    Jim boarded the windows in his home to prevent damage from the
    due to strike land within hours.
  • 5
    The biologist studied the tiny
    under her powerful microscope in the lab.
  • 6
    When Frank visited a small
    museum in Maine he saw models of ships, uniforms, rudders, anchors and logbooks.
  • 7
    The marine biologist examined the
    of a coral reef that had washed to the shore.
  • 8
    A team of marine biologists needed to learn more about the highly unusual
    of the remote reefs before submitting their research.
  • 9
    Residue or
    had accumulated into a mass of crushed materials at the base of a large boulder.
  • 10
    A scientist explained that
    is a food source for many aquatic animals.
  • 11
    The littoral or
    zone is dry at the time when the tide is low and wet when the tide rises.
  • 12
    Colleen drove to an
    institution to study marine study for her graduate degree.
  • 13
    Documentation suggests that whales may swim into a
    but they appear to prefer being nearer the surface of the ocean.
  • 14
    The scientist took samples from the
    to measure the percentage of fresh to salt water.
  • 15
    Lenny put a few drops of
    water on his finger and decided it definitely had a salty taste.
  • 16
    Since some animals live in almost complete darkness in the ocean, they use their
    as a means of light.
  • 17
    Did Professor Talbert just say that
    indicates that an environment is healthy?
  • 18
    Two boys were delighted to find an
    plant, seaweed, on the shore and popped many of the air pockets!
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