Ocean Floor
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What is the deepest feature of the ocean called?
Oceanic Trench
100

What is the name of the ocean feature where most ocean life lives?

Continental shelf

100
What is the amount of salt in a body of water known as?
Salinity
100
What do sailors still use to help them move across the ocean?
Currents
100

an organism that makes its own food, typically through photosynthesis

What is Producer

200
What is the flat, vast area of the ocean floor?
The abyssal plain
200
The salinity of the Mediterranean Sea is greater than that of the Atlantic Ocean. This means that, compared to the Atlantic ocean, the Mediterranean Sea is- A) wider B) deeper C) saltier D) cooler
C. Saltier
200
What is the name of a long distance current that carries warm water to Europe?
The Gulf Stream Current
200
What two planetary bodies are responsible for the change in tides?
The sun and the moon
200

Where would you find MOST organisms in the ocean  

what is at the continental shelf 

300
What ocean floor feature is a shallow area of sediment near the shore where coral sits?
The continental shelf
300

The ocean floor- A) has mountains, plains, and ridges like land surfaces. B) is always a flat bed of sand. C) is covered by the same amount of water everywhere. D) covers less area than the land.

A. has mountains, plains, and ridges like land surfaces

300

The most shallowest part of the ocean

what is continental shelf 

300
Waves always move towards the __________.
Shore
300

Which of the following is considered a producer a) fish b) algae c)whale d)seal

What is B) Algae

400
What is the steep slope at the edge of the continental shelf?
The continental slope
400

The main difference between ocean water and lake water is that ocean water contains- A) Oxygen B) Salt C) Algae D) Plants

B. Salt

400
This is caused by the gravitational pull from the moon 

What is? Currents

400
Differences in water density caused by temperature and salinity create these: __________.
Ocean currents
400

What is the DEEPEST part of the ocean called ?

What is the trench?

500
An island can be formed only by this ocean floor feature.
Volcanic mountain
500

As the ocean water gets deeper, what happens to the light and temperature?

What is? Light decreases and temperature decreases

500

water constantly moves in circular patterns

What is Tides? 

500
What two ocean floor features cause waves to crash on the shore?
Continental shelf and continental slope
500

Which event would increase the salinity of the ocean water? a) melting icebergs b)evaporation of ocean water c)precipitation in the form of rain d)freshwater river flowing into the ocean

What is B) evaporation of ocean water

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