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Divisions of the Global Ocean
Characteristics
Characteristics etc.
The Ocean Floor
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The percent of Earth's surface covered by water.
What is 71%?
100
What is the name of the deepest point in all of the oceans?
Mariana Trench
100
What is the average temperature of the oceans?
39 degrees F
100
What feature begins at the shoreline?
the continental shelf
100
Technology that is based on the echo-ranging behavior of bats.
What is sonar?
200
The largest ocean.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
200
In which ocean is the deepest point?
The Pacific
200
Which global coordinate lines are always the same length?
Longitude
200
What is the name for underwater mountain chains formed by magma coming through rift zones.
mid-ocean ridges
200
Is used to measure slight changes in the height of the ocean's surface.
What is the Geosat satellite?
300
The Arctic Ocean.
What is the smallest ocean?
300
What is the correct order of coral reef development?
Fringing Reef, Barrier Reef, Atoll
300
What is a flat top, eroded, underwater volcano called?
Guyot
300
What is covered by mud and the remains of tiny marine organisms?
abyssal plain
300
These landforms erupted ash, lava and gases and formed Earth's atmosphere.
What are volcanoes?
400
The third largest ocean.
What is the Indian Ocean?
400
Which planet has a moon with more water and deeper oceans than the earth?
Jupiter!
400
What feature runs along the crest of a mid-ocean ridge?
rift valley
400
What are huge cracks in the deep-ocean basin?
ocean trenches
400
What does sonar stand for?
Sound Navigation and Ranging
500
The second largest ocean.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
500
What is the value of the maximum latitude line and its location?
90 degrees N, North Pole
500
What is the average depth of the oceans?
2.5 miles (4 km)
500
What feature has steep walls and a narrow channel?
Fjord!
500
What is the equation to measure ocean depth?
D =1/2 t v