Ocean

Question 1

Pacific ocean

Answer 1

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth’s five oceanic divisions

Question 2

Atlantic ocean

Answer 2

he Atlantic Ocean is the youngest of the five oceans

Question 3

Indian ocean

Answer 3

The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world’s five oceanic divisions

Question 4

Arctic ocean

Answer 4

The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest of the world’s five major oceans

Question 5

Southern ocean

Answer 5

The Southern Ocean, also known as the Antarctic Ocean

Question 6

Salinity

Answer 6

the concentrations of salts in water or soils

Question 7

surface zone

Answer 7

restricts the display of surface models and their caps to zones around selected atoms or markers

Question 8

Thermocline

Answer 8

a steep temperature gradient in a body of water such as a lake, marked by a layer above and below which the water is at different temperatures.

Question 9

deep zone

Answer 9

extending or situated relatively far down from a surface

Question 10

water cycle

Answer 10

the process of turning from liquid into vapor.

Question 11

Evaporation

Answer 11

the process of turning from liquid into vapor.

Question 12

Condensation

Answer 12

water which collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air is in contact with it.

Question 13

continental shelf

Answer 13

A continental shelf is a portion of a continent that is submerged under an area of relatively shallow water, known as a shelf se

Question 14

continental slope

Answer 14

the slope between the outer edge of the continental shelf and the deep ocean floor.

Question 15

continental rise

Answer 15

a wide, gentle incline from a deep ocean plain (abyssal plain) to a continental slope

Question 16

abyssal plain

Answer 16

a wide, gentle incline from a deep ocean plain (abyssal plain) to a continental slope

Question 17

mid-ocean ridge

Answer 17

a continuous range of underwater volcanoes

Question 18

rift valley

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A rift valley is a linear shaped lowland between several highlands or mountain ranges created by the action of a geologic rift

Question 19

Seamount

Answer 19

underwater mountains that rise hundreds or thousands of feet from the seafloor

Question 20

ocean trench

Answer 20

Oceanic trenches are prominent, long, narrow topographic depressions of the ocean floor

Question 21

Plankton

Answer 21

usually microscopic, often less than one inch in length, but they also include larger species like some crustaceans and jellyfish

Question 22

Nekton

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Benthos

Answer 23

organisms living on the bottom or associated with substrata

Question 24

desalination

Answer 24

the process by which the dissolved mineral salts in water are removed