ocean

Question 1

pacific ocean

Answer 1

largest and deepest

Question 2

Atlantic ocean

Answer 2

youngest of the five oceans,

Question 3

Indian ocean

Answer 3

third-largest Ocean in the world

Question 4

arctic ocean

Answer 4

smallest and shallowest of the world’s five major oceans

Question 5

southern ocean

Answer 5

has some of the strongest winds on Earth

Question 6

Salinity

Answer 6

ratio of salt (in grams) to liter of water.

Question 7

surface zone

Answer 7

surface layer of the ocean is known as the epipelagic zone and extends from the surface to 656 feet

Question 8

Thermocline

Answer 8

transition layer between the warmer mixed water at the surface and the cooler deep water below

Question 9

deep zone

Answer 9

beginning where the water depths drop to below 200 meters

Question 10

water cycle

Answer 10

continuous movement of water within the Earth and atmosphere.

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Evaporation

Answer 11

process that changes liquid water to gaseous water

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Condensation

Answer 12

e process by which water vapor in the air is changed into liquid water

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Precipitation

Answer 13

any liquid or frozen water that forms in the atmosphere and falls back to the earth

Question 14

continental shelf

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the submarine prolongation of a coastal state’s landmass to the outer edge of the continental margin

Question 15

continental slope

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deepening sea floor out from the shelf edge to the upper limit of the continental rise, or the point where there is a general decrease in steepness

Question 16

continental rise

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major depositional regime in oceans made up of thick sequences of continental material that accumulate between the continental slope and the abyssal plain.

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abyssal plain

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An extensive, flat, gently sloping or nearly level region at abyssal depths`

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mid-ocean ridge

Answer 18

continuous range of underwater volcanoes that wraps around the globe like seams on a baseball, stretching nearly 40,390 miles.

Question 19

rift valley

Answer 19

lowland region that forms where Earth’s tectonic plates move apart, or rift

Question 20

Seamount

Answer 20

undersea mountains formed by volcanic activity

Question 21

ocean trench

Answer 21

long, narrow depressions on the seafloor

Question 22

Plankton

Answer 22

microscopic organism that lives in the ocean and can convert light energy to chemical energy through photosynthesis

Question 23

Nekton

Answer 23

living organisms that are able to swim and move independently of currents

Question 24

Benthos

Answer 24

The animals and plants that live on or in the bottom