ocean vo cab

Question 1

Pacific Ocean

Answer 1

Largest Ocean

Question 2

Atlantic ocean

Answer 2

Second Largest Ocean

Question 3

Indian Ocean

Answer 3

Warmest ocean in the world

Question 4

Arctic Ocean

Answer 4

Smallest Ocean

Question 5

Southern Ocean

Answer 5

Added to the list of oceans in 2000

Question 6

Salinity

Answer 6

the quality or degree of being saline

Question 7

surface zone

Answer 7

extends downward 200 meters or roughly 5% of the ocean’s average depth.

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

The deep zone is the largest part of the articular cartilage.

Question 10

water cycle

Answer 10

water evaporates, condenses, falls as precipitation, and eventually evaporates again

Question 11

evaporation

Answer 11

the process of water turning into vapor

Question 12

condensation

Answer 12

process where water vapor turns into liquid.

Question 13

precipitation

Answer 13

condensated water falling back down to the ground.

Question 14

continental shelf

Answer 14

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

Question 15

continental slope

Answer 15

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

Question 16

continental rise

Answer 16

The continental rise is a low-relief zone of accumulated sediments that lies between the continental slope and the abyssal plain

Question 17

abyssal plain

Answer 17

an underwater plain on the deep ocean floor

Question 18

mid ocean ridge

Answer 18

A mid-ocean ridge is a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics

Question 19

rift valley

Answer 19

a large elongated depression with steep walls formed by the downward displacement of a block of the earth’s surface between nearly parallel faults or fault systems.

Question 20

seamount

Answer 20

a large geologic landform that rises from the ocean floor that does not reach to the water’s surface.

Question 21

ocean trench

Answer 21

steep depressions in the deepest parts of the ocean

Question 22

plankton

Answer 22

the diverse collection of organisms found in water that are unable to propel themselves against a current

Question 23

nekton

Answer 23

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

Question 24

benthos

Answer 24

community of organisms that live on, in, or near the bottom of a sea, river, lake, or stream

Question 25

desalination

Answer 25

a process that takes away mineral components from saline water.