ocean vocabulary

Question 1

Pacific ocean

Answer 1

pacific ocean is the deepest

Question 2

Atlantic ocean

Answer 2

Atlantis is in the Atlantic ocean

Question 3

Indian ocean

Answer 3

3rd largest ocean

Question 4

arctic ocean

Answer 4

smallest ocean much it is covered by ice

Question 5

southern ocean

Answer 5

its in the southern hemisphere and it surrounds Antarctica

Question 6

salinity

Answer 6

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

Question 7

surface zone

Answer 7

temperatures that very do to sunlight

Question 8

thermocline

Answer 8

its a step temperature gradient in a body of water with a layer above and below that are different temps.

Question 9

deep zone

Answer 9

its the lowest point in the ocean

Question 10

water cycle

Answer 10

descries the contusion movement of water

Question 11

Evaporation

Answer 11

occurs on the surface of a liquid as it changes into the gas phase

Question 12

Condensation

Answer 12

the change of the physical state of matter from gas phase into liquid phase,

Question 13

Precipitation

Answer 13

rain snow slet or hail

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

he continental margin is one of the three major zones of the ocean floor, the other two being deep-ocean basins and mid-ocean ridges.

Question 16

continental rise

Answer 16

The continental rise is an underwater feature found between the continental slope and the abyssal plain.

Question 17

abyssal plain

Answer 17

An abyssal plain is an underwater plain on the deep ocean floor, usually found at depths between 3,000 metres and 6,000 metres.

Question 18

mid-ocean ridge

Answer 18

A mid-ocean ridge or mid-oceanic ridge is an underwater mountain range, 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 submarine mountain.

Question 21

ocean trench

Answer 21

relatively narrow in width, but very long. These oceanographic features are the deepest parts of the ocean floor.

Question 22

Plankton

Answer 22

Plankton are the diverse collection of organisms that live in large bodies of water and are unable to swim 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

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

Desalination is a process that takes away mineral components from saline water.