oceans

Question 1

Pacific ocean

Answer 1

largest and deepest ocean

Question 2

Atlantic ocean

Answer 2

2nd largest, covers 20% percent of the worlds water

Question 3

Indian ocean

Answer 3

3rd largest covers 19.8% of the worlds water

Question 4

Arctic ocean

Answer 4

smallest and shallowest coldest ocean

Question 5

Southern ocean

Answer 5

encircles antartica

Question 6

Salinity

Answer 6

saltiness of a body of water

Question 7

surface zone

Answer 7

sunlight zone top of water goes down about 200 meters

Question 8

Thermocline

Answer 8

thin layer in the ocean where tempature changes rapidly

Question 9

deep zone

Answer 9

4000 meters or lower in the ocean

Question 10

water cycle

Answer 10

continues cycle of water

Question 11

Evaporation

Answer 11

water changes from water to gas

Question 12

Condensation

Answer 12

gas changes back to liquid

Question 13

Precipitation

Answer 13

water vapour falls under graviy in a cloud

Question 14

continental shelf

Answer 14

portion of the continent that is under water

Question 15

continental slope

Answer 15

the slope between the continental shelf and deep ocean

Question 16

continental rise

Answer 16

final stage between the land and the deepest part fo the ocean

Question 17

abyssal plain

Answer 17

inder water palain in the deepest part of the ocean floor

Question 18

mid-ocean ridge

Answer 18

sea floor system formed by plate tectonics

Question 19

rift valley

Answer 19

continous trenches

Question 20

Seamount

Answer 20

submarine mountain

Question 21

ocean trench

Answer 21

topographic depressions in the ocean floor

Question 22

Plankton

Answer 22

diverse collection of organims

Question 23

Nekton

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Benthos

Answer 24

flora and fluna found on the ocean floor

Question 25

desalination

Answer 25

is a process that takes away mineral components from saline water