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A sea is
What is A large section of the ocean surrounded mostly by land
High salinity ________ freezing point
What is lowers
More is known about _______ than the sea floor
What is surface of mars or moon
A measure of the oceans salt content is called
What is salinity
Pressure underwater usually increases at this rate
What is 1 atm per 10m
Cody Bellinger has recently resigned with this team, ensuring a world series victory
Who be Cubs
Sounds travels faster in water because it is ________ than air
What is denser
Water temperature _________ as you go deeper while pressure ________
What is decreases and increases
Name of the deepest trench in the ocean
What is The Challenger Deep
The 2 most important chemicals in the ocean
What are sodium and chlorine
When a creature can create their own light
What is bioluminescence
The 2 most important chemicals in the ocean combine to form
What is table salt( sodium chloride)
Things that don't live on the bottom of the ocean
What are pelagic organisms
Bottom dwelling animals and plants
What are benthic organisms
Average height of the ocean waters
What is Mean sea level
This gas is the most soluble atmospheric gas
What is Carbon Dioxide
Difference between a barrier reef and fringing reef is
What is Fringing are close to land while barrier are farther away
Scientist study the ocean sediments by removing cylindrical samples called
What are Sediment cores
All the water on earth was likely _________ soon after the flood
What is salty
Continuous gentle shower of fine organic matter
What is marine snow
Before the flood, the continents were likely formed how?
What is all together or a supercontinent
Name the 2 ways nitrogen can be transformed into a useful form
What is lightning and bacteria inside plant roots
How do people get the nitrogen and carbon they need to survive.
What is consume plants that have them, or eat animals that eat the plants
Name some advantages to living near the surface of the water for ocean creatures. Name at least 2
What is more dissolved gasses present, more nutrients available, warmer waters, less pressure, sunlight
Atolls are usually associated with
What is volcanic activity