Oceans

Question 1

Pacific ocean

Answer 1

The size of the ocean is 63.8 million mi²

Question 2

Atlantic ocean

Answer 2

The size of the ocean is 41.1 million mi²

Question 3

Indian Ocean

Answer 3

The size of the ocean is 27.24 million mi²

Question 4

Arcitc Ocean

Answer 4

The size is 5.427 million mi²

Question 5

Southern Ocean

Answer 5

The size of the ocean is 7.849 million mi²

Question 6

Salinity

Answer 6

a measure of the amount of dissloves salts in a given amount of liquid

Question 7

surface zone

Answer 7

the surface zone is the warm, top layer of ocean water

Question 8

Thermocline

Answer 8

the thermocline is the second layer of ocean water

Question 9

Deep zone

Answer 9

the deep zone is the bottom layer that extends from the base of rhe thermocline ti the bottom of the ocean

Question 10

water cycle

Answer 10

the continous movement of water from the ocean to the atmosphere to the land and back to the ocean

Question 11

Evaporation

Answer 11

The physical change from a liquid to a gas is called evaporation

Question 12

Condensation

Answer 12

The change from a gas to a liquid

Question 13

Precipitation

Answer 13

is solid or liquid water that falls to earth

Question 14

continental shelf

Answer 14

the gently sloping section of the continental margin located between the contimental slope

Question 15

continental slope

Answer 15

the steeply inclines section of the continental margin lacted between the contental eise and the continental shelf

Question 16

continental rise

Answer 16

the gently sloping section of the continental margin located between the continental slope and the abyssal plain

Question 17

abyssal plain

Answer 17

the 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

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

Question 21

ocean trench

Answer 21

a long, narrow, deep depression in the ocean floor, typically one running parallel to a plate boundary and marking a subduction zone.

Question 22

Plankton

Answer 22

the small and microscopic organisms drifting or floating in the sea or fresh water, consisting chiefly of diatoms, protozoans, small crustaceans, and the eggs and larval stages of larger animals. Many animals are adapted to feed on plankton, especially by filtering the water.

Question 23

Nekton

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Benthos

Answer 24

the organisms that live at the bottom of the sea or ocean

Question 25

desalination

Answer 25

a processof removing salt from ocean water