Earth Science Ch. 13 Exploring the Oceans

Which of the following lives mainly in the oceanic zone?

broad, flat part of the deep-ocean basin

The physical change of liquid water to water vapor is called...

Which is true about Earth's oceans?

Which waters tend to be saltier....

Which zone in the benthic environment is between low and high tides?

The ocean's surface temperature varies with latitude and....

Which of the following could become a volcanic island?

Which of the following is NOT a source of point-source pollution?

What technologies do scientists use to study the ocean floor?

The world's smallest ocean is the ....

What is the most important function of the ocean!

The two major zones of the pleagic environment are....

One kind of renewable resource from the ocean is...

The most abundant dissolved salt in ocean water is...

area between the shoreline and the continental slope

Crabs, seaweed and clams are all....

Two major regions of the ocean floor are the continental margin and the...

What three components make up the Earth's surface?

Farming and fishing are ways of harvesting the ocean's...

The measure of the amount of salts in a liquid is called...

The largest ocean is the

Sonar is based on the echo-ranging behavior of......