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Warm surface currents originate near the________________.
Equator
Pacific Ocean
Poles
Southern Ocean
2
Oceans are an important source of…
Energy
Minerals
Food
Travel
3
Oceanic crust is more _______________ than continental crust.
Silica rich
Colorful
Dense
Oxygen rich
4
How does temperature change with increasing depth in the ocean?
Increases
No Change
Some Change
Decreases
5
The surface current that brings warm water north along the east coast of the United States.
Alaska Current
Current Events
California Current
Gulf Stream
6
How does water pressure change as you go deeper into the ocean?
What is Pressure?
Decreases
Increases
Doesn't Change
7
Removing salt from ocean water to create freshwater.
Salinity
Desalination
Filtering
Extraction
8
Where is new ocean floor forming?
Abyssal Plain
Seamount
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Trench
9
A vertical circulation in the ocean that brings cold deep water to the ocean surface.
Surface Current
Upwelling
Cold Current
Warm Current
10
The process shown here is creating new ____________.
Ocean Water
Oceanic Crust
Ocean Salt
Continental Crust
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What primary force powers ocean surface currents?
Wind
Water
Waffles
Density
12
Cold surface currents originate near the ______________________ .
Equator
Indian Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Poles
13
Oceans may have formed on Earth due to impacts of ________.
Comets & Asteroids
Dust particles & meteors
Planets
Stars
14
How does light change with increasing depth in the ocean?
Spare Change
Decreases
No Change
Increases
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A body of water moving in a definite direction, especially in a surrounding body of water.
Current
Wind
Wave
Drift
16
The most abundant elements in ocean water are:
Helium and Oxygen
Hydrogen and Helium
Hydrogen and Oxygen
Sodium and Chloride
17
The ocean current that brings warm water north into the Gulf of Mexico.
Loop Current
California Current
Canary Current
Alaska Current
18
A measure of the amount of salt in seawater.
Desalination
Saliva
Saltiness
Salinity
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The uppermost layer of the ocean.
Abyssopelagic
Bathypelagic
Epipelagic
Mesopelagic
20
How does light change with increasing depth in the ocean?
Some Change
Decreases
No Change
Increases
21
The two most abundant salts dissolved in ocean water:
Sodium and Bromide
Oxygen and Hydrogen
Sodium and Chloride
Calcium and Chloride
22
Shifting of surface currents from their expected paths, caused by the rotation of Earth.
Current Effect
Revolution
Coriolis Effect
Drifting
