The percentage of earth that is covered by water
71%
This ocean is considered the largest
Pacific Ocean
The amount of mineral salt found per 1000g of seawater
35g
These are sometimes called the "rainforests of the sea"
Coral Reefs
This is water that is said to be drinkable
Potable
This is what is considered to be happening to current mean sea levels
They are steadily rising
The portion of land that slopes downward after the continental shelf
Continental Rise
The most abundant type of salt found in the ocean
Sodium Chloride
Marine Snow would be most important to organisms living in this zone
Abyssal Zone
A single submerged mountain or hill rising from the sea
Seamount
The way sound travels in the ocean compared to land
Faster in water than in the air
Double Up
Sections of the ocean that are more or less surrounded by land
Seas
The gas that is most abundant in lighted zones of the ocean
Oxygen
A coral reef separated from the mainland by a lagoon
Barrier Reef
The Beach
The shallow, submerged edges of a continent
Continental Shelves
Submerged mountain ranges on the ocean floor
Mid-Ocean Ridges
A freshwater source that has a partial amount of salinity to it
Brackish Water
Double Up
The ocean environment in which organisms must cope with the greatest variability
The Intertidal Zone
An organism that only travels along the bottom of the ocean
Benthic
The basic building block of living organisms
Carbon
These sea basin features are believed to be formed by runoff from the continents during the flood by young earth creationists
Submarine canyons
The two main cycles necessary for life in the ocean
Carbon-Cycle and Nitrogen-Cycle
The four main zones of the ocean that we know of (or have been able to explore to the most extent)
Intertidal Zone, littoral/photic zone, aphotic zone, abyssal zone
This portion of the shoreline is what forms when large waves break and drop sand higher than sea level
Longshore Sandbar