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Vocabulary
The Water Cycle
The Ocean Floor
Zones of the Ocean
Mixed Bag
100
Process by which liquid changes into water vapor
evaporation
100
What percent of the Earth is covered with ocean?
70 % (on the test it will be almost 3/4)
100
What are the deepest parts of the ocean called? ridges or trenches
trenches
100
What zone is the brightest and shallowest?
intertidal zone
100
Where do algae and plants live?
coral reef
200
Water located within rocks below Earth's surface is?
groundwater
200
What is the energy source for the water cycle?
the sun
200
Where does the continental slope begin?
It begins where the continental shelf ends.
200
What zone includes the ocean over the continental shelf?
near-shore zone
200
Where are deep ocean vents located?
along the mid-ocean ridges
300
The area of border between continental crust and oceanic crust
Continental shelf
300
Where does transpiration occur?
on the leaves of plants
300
Name 2 features on the abyssal plain.
varied
300
Where do most of the ocean animals live?
The open ocean
300
What happens after evaporation?
condensation
400
Most of the ocean over the continental shelf
near-shore zone
400
What percent of water on Earth is fresh water?
3%
400
What factor does not cause ocean currents? Earth's rotation gravity time wind
time
400
What is it like towards the bottom of the ocean?
dark
400
Where does a cool-water current originate from?
Arctic Ocean
500
Solid or liquid water that falls from air to Earth
precipitation
500
What does a water treatment plant do?
cleans the water and makes it drinkable/usable for us
500
Name 3 resources from the ocean.
varied
500
What are the producers in the coral reef?
seaweed and plankton
500
Where does a warm-water current originate from?
Caribbean Sea