Most of the earth's freshwater supply stored here.
These are responsible for changing the structure of the seafloor?
Hint: pollution or organisms?
True or False: Ocean currents can flow along the surface and some can move along the ocean bottom?
True!
Theses minerals are mostly made up of compounds of manganese, nickel, and iron.
What are nodules?
The name for the small areas between soil particles.
Hint: pores or gaps?
What are pores?
True or False: An oil spill is an example of a manmade disturbance.
True!
This causes most SURFACE currents.
Hint: winds or temperature changes?
What are winds?
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This type of ocean sediment is made up of volcanic dust and the remains of ocean organism.
Hint: oceanic clay or oceanic ooze?
What is oceanic ooze?
These are usually dug below the water table.
What are wells?
This type of oceanographer study marine plants and animals.
Hint: chemical oceanographers or biological oceanographers?
What are biological oceanographers?
Warm currents mostly flow around this area of the earth?
What is the equator?
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This type of ocean landform covers half of the ocean floor.
Hint: ocean plains or seamounts?
What are ocean plains?
Springs are usually found on what kinds of landforms?
Hint: plateaus or hillsides?
What are hillsides?
Oceanographers studying the Agulhas Current is located around the southern tip of which continent?
What is Africa?
This type of water is denser and sinks deep into the ocean.
What is saltwater?
The Mariana Trench is located in which ocean?
What is the Pacific Ocean?