oceans

Question 1

63.8 million miles squared

Answer 1

pacific ocean

Question 2

41.1 million miles squared

Answer 2

atlantic ocean

Question 3

27.24 million miles squared

Answer 3

indian ocean

Question 4

5.427 million miles squared

Answer 4

arctic ocean

Question 5

7.849 million miles squared

Answer 5

southern ocean

Question 6

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

Answer 6

salinity

Question 7

aka the sunlight zone, from the surface to 660 feet of ocean

Answer 7

surface zone

Question 8

the temperature of a level of ocean

Answer 8

thermocline

Question 9

the area in which light begins to lessen, starts at the end of the sunlight zone (660 feet)

Answer 9

deep zone

Question 10

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

Answer 10

water cycle

Question 11

the physical change from a liquid to a gas

Answer 11

evaporation

Question 12

the physical change from a gas to a liquid

Answer 12

condensation

Question 13

solid or liquid water that falls to Earth

Answer 13

precipitation

Question 14

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

Answer 14

continental shelf

Question 15

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

Answer 15

continental slope

Question 16

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

Answer 16

continental rise

Question 17

the broad, flat part of the deep-ocean basin

Answer 17

abyssal plain

Question 18

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

Answer 18

mid-ocean ridge

Question 19

a long, narrow valley that forms as tectonic plates separate

Answer 19

rift valley

Question 20

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

Answer 20

seamount

Question 21

a steep, long depression in the deep-sea floor that runs parallel to a chain of volcanic islands or a continental margin

Answer 21

ocean trench

Question 22

the mass of mostly microscopic organisms that float or drift freely in freshwater and marine environments

Answer 22

plankton

Question 23

all organisms that swim actively in open water, independent of currents

Answer 23

nekton

Question 24

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

Answer 24

benthos

Question 25

the process of removing salt from seawater

Answer 25

desalination