Ocean

Question 1

Pacific ocean

Answer 1

The Pacific ocean is the largest and deepest, 724

Question 2

Atlantic ocean

Answer 2

The Atlantic is the second largest, 322

Question 3

Indian ocean

Answer 3

Third largest ocean, 292

Question 4

Arctic ocean

Answer 4

Fifth largest ocean, 12

Question 5

Southern ocean

Answer 5

Fourth largest ocean

Question 6

salinity

Answer 6

a measure of the amount of dissolved salts in a given amount of liquid.

Question 7

surface zone

Answer 7

sunlight heats upper level of water, surface currents heat the rest

Question 8

thermocline

Answer 8

Huge tempurature drop from top to bottom of layer, middle layer

Question 9

deep zone

Answer 9

coldest water, deeper than 700 meters

Question 10

water cycle

Answer 10

the movement of water from the ocean to the sky to the land.

Question 11

evaporation

Answer 11

When water turns to vapor

Question 12

condensation

Answer 12

a gas to a liquid

Question 13

precipitation

Answer 13

rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground

Question 14

continental shelf

Answer 14

the gently sloping section of the continental margin located between the shoreline and the continental slope

Question 15

continental slope

Answer 15

the steeply inclined section of the continental margin located between the continental rise and the continental shelf

Question 16

continental divide

Answer 16

a drainage divide on a continent such that the drainage basin on one side of the divide feeds into one ocean or sea, and the basin on the other side either feeds into a different ocean or sea, or else is endorheic, not connected to the open sea

Question 17

abyssal plain

Answer 17

a large flat almost level area of the deep ocean basin

Question 18

mid-ocean ridge

Answer 18

a long undersea mountain chain that forms along the floor of the major oceans

Question 19

rift valley

Answer 19

a long narrow valley that forms as tectonic plates seperate

Question 20

seamount

Answer 20

a submerged mountain on the ocean floor that is at least 1,000 m high and that has volcanic origin

Question 21

ocean trench

Answer 21

a steep and long depression in the deep seafloor that runs parallel to a chain of volcanic islands or a continental margin

Question 22

plankton

Answer 22

the small and microscopic organisms drifting or floating in the sea or fresh water

Question 23

nekton

Answer 23

aquatic animals that are able to swim and move independently of water currents

Question 24

benthos

Answer 24

the flora and fauna found on the bottom, or in the bottom sediments, of a sea, lake, or other body of water

Question 25

desalination

Answer 25

the process of removing salt from seawater