Week 8 Home Work

Kia Ora

After much tutuing around, I finally got the post up so here it is

Follow this link

Below is the exact web page if the link isn't working. You will have to select this web address and copy and paste it into youe web address bar.

http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/deep-sea-creatures/1

Read the article and answer the following questions.

1) Why was it believed that there was no life at the bottom depths of the pacific ocean.

2) Who was the explorer who came up with the theory from question 1 and how did he come up with it?

3) How many new species of marine life were discovered around the world by Challenger?

4) Who is Richard Baxter and what didi he achieve?

5) When was the first Colossal Squid found and where?

6) Make a list of the 5 different zones and draw the depths on a line in your book.

7) What is so special about the epipelagic Zone?

8) What do you think would happen if the epipelagic Zone became polluted beyond repair, and why?

9) What was descovered on Morse's invention that made them think twice about the sea life at the bottom of the sea?

10) Write down 5 adaptations that a deep sea creature would need to survive down in the dark, cold, depths of the deepest trenches in the ocean.

Good luck this homework should only take you 15 minutes max! It is due in on Wednesday.

Matua Kopua