Chapter 13 Oceans and Seas Earth Science BJU

Sound in seawater travels faster than in air.

Global mean sea levels currently are _________.

Oceanography is a broad field that includes lots of different careers.

Which ocean basin covers the largest percentage of the earth's surface?

According to the Genesis creation account, on day 3 God created our oceans as they are today.

Temperature increases, pressure decreases and density decreases as you go from the ocean floor to the surface.

Which of the following gases is more abudant in the lighted xones near the surface than in the dark regions

When water is described as potable, it is

Seawater has a lower freezing point than fresh water does.

In which life zone must organisms cope with the gretest variability of conditions?

Because clams, corals, and anemones are attached to or live on the bottom they are ___________.

Which of the following elements is the main chemical building block of all living things?

The largest barrier reef in the world is found off the coast of Africa.

In general, seawater temperature __________ from the surface to the bottom.

About what % of the earths surface is covered by oceans?

A coral reef seperated from the mainland by a lagoon is a(n) ____________.

Organisms that live between the low tide mark at the shore and the edge of the continental shelf live in the ____ zone.

Both Christian and secular scientists agree that the average salinity of the world ocean is slowly increasing.

Man uses sonar in ways similar to how sea creatures use echolocation.

The most abundant salt found in the ocean water is _____________.

The carbon and nitrogen cycles operate only in the oceans.

Creationist believe that ___________ were formed by runoff from the continents late in the flood.

What forms when large waves first break and drop sand?

The term brackish is most closely related to the ___________ of a sample of water.

Marine Snow would be most important to organisms living in the ________ zone.

The oceans of the world are divided into four completley seperate basins.