unit review oceanography 2/24

How do plankton differ from nekton?

Marine organisms are classified according to how they ____.

Which of the following is NOT a zone in the three layers of the ocean relating to density?

Most ocean water is located in which zone?

Trench is located at

Organisms that drift with ocean currents are called ____.

ways animals survive in the tidal zone include

A body of water moving in a definite direction, especially in a surrounding body of water.

Which of the following is important in global climate regulation?

Because of the Coriolis effect, ocean currents in the Northern Hemisphere are deflected to the_

A vertical circulation in the ocean that brings cold deep water to the ocean surface.

Which of the following occurs at the continental margin in the Pacific Ocean?

What term describes organisms that live on or in the ocean floor?

Which of the following is a type of plankton?

What is true about an ocean current that is moving toward the equator?

Which ocean zone does sunlight penetrate?

How does light change with increasing depth in the ocean?

A measure of the amount of salt in seawater.

Which part of the ocean is deepest?

About what percentage of the Earth's surface is covered by water?

Spring tides and neap tides occur in patterns governed by 

Differences in ocean-surface height can be measured by ____.

Density currents move ____.

What primary force powers ocean surface currents?

These three things directly affect surface currents:

Which of the following has the largest daily tidal range?

The open ocean of any depth is called the ____.

Ocean currents are deflected by

Which of the following is NOT a main producer of food in the ocean?

Flowing "rivers" of water in the ocean are

Which hemisphere of the Earth contains the greater proportion of oceansurface?

How does water pressure change as you go deeper into the ocean?

Where would you find the lowest density seawater?

What is the major cause for ocean "dead zones"?

What is density?

Hydrothermal vents seem to be located near

How does temperature change with increasing depth in the ocean?

The uneven heating of the Earth by the Sun causes ______ which then cause _______.

Coastal areas have their temperatures moderated by

The horizontal distance between two successive crests is called the ____.

Mid ocean ridge is 

Which of the following is a disturbance that carries energy through matter?

Ocean currents that move toward the poles are ____.

What is the salinity of seawater?

What is A

Which of the following can submersibles do?

What nation impossed strike trading laws that limited colonial business growth?

Seamounts are located at

In addition to salinity, what factor affects the density of seawater?

Nekton include all animals that ____.

Cold surface currents originate near the ______________________ .

Global wind patterns cause

The vertical distance between trough and crest is called the ____.

Deep, steep-sided valleys that originate on the continental slope.

What is true about the deepest parts of the ocean floor?

The highest salinity would be found in which of the following areas?

Shifting  of surface currents from their expected paths, caused by the rotation of Earth.

Which of the following best describes the ocean bottom?

Unlike surface currents, deep currents depend on differences in (2)

The movement of water that parallels the shore within the surf zone is called ____.

What is 3

In an attempt to get around imperial law, the colonies used ...

layers of the ocean: surface, mixted, transition & deep are based on...

The surface current that brings warm water north along the east coast of the United States.

The original source of energy for ocean currents (both surface and deep) is

The largest of Earth’s oceans is the ____.

Ocean Volcanoes are located at

What happens to ocean water that becomes denser?

Deep currents are caused by

Which of the following is a type of nekton?

Seamounts are ____.

The magnetic striping of the sea floor is evidence of reversals in the polarity, it proves

the oceans are very noisy

Oceans are an important source of… (multiple)

In a wave, a single particle of water

The animals in this zone tend to be blind

The ocean current that provides warmth for many parts of Europe is  

A periodic change in the Pacific Ocean when surface-water temperature becomes warmer is called

navigation by sound is called

How do surface currents form?

The ocean layer of rapid temperature change with depth is known as the ____.

A process that brings nutrients to the surface of the ocean is called

The uppermost layer of the ocean.

The steep continental slope merges into a more gradual incline known as the continental ____.

About how deep do surface currents go?

How does light change with increasing depth in the ocean?

Which describes what is happening at high tide?

The accumulation of sediment found along the shore of a lake or ocean is called a ____.

Oceanic crust is more _______________ than continental crust.

Where does seafloor spreading occur?

Circular orbital motion refers to ____.

Warm surface currents originate near the________________.

What technology do scientists use to measure ocean depth?

Trying to roll a ball straight across a turning merry-go-round is a demonstration of 

Isolated volcanic peaks on the ocean floor are called ____.

About what percentage of the water on or near the Earth's surface is contained in the ocean?

Oceans may have formed on Earth due to impacts of ________.

The two most abundant salts dissolved in ocean water:

The gently sloping submerged surface extending from the shoreline toward the deep ocean.