Earth Science Ch. 13 Study Guide

Which origin view believes that a worldwide flood separated the supercontinent.

What word, when used as an adjective, always refers to anything having to do with the oceans?

What are formed where oceanic plates are sliding under one another under continental plates?

The removal of minerals and salts from water to make it able to drink is called _______.

What is the name for the saltiness of the ocean?

The saltier the seawater, the warmer it has to be to freeze.

Where is the Great Barrier Reef?

What is the area where only the highest tides or storm waves can reach?

Another name for bottom-dwelling animals is ____________.

What is the relatively flat, deep sea floor called?

Sodium and _______ are the two most important chemicals in seawater salts.

What are important marine geologic features that form from the activities of animals?

Only the toughest organisms live in the ______ zone because it is where ocean waves pound.

What is the deepest point in any ocean called?

What is an ever changing place which extends underwater beyond the shore?

What is a ring of low coral islands and reefs surrounding a central lagoon?

Animals that are not bottom-dwelling animals are called __________ .

__________ is the main chemical building block for all things.

________________ is the detection of sound waves through water to locate objects.

Where is seawater the warmest?

Means "suitable to drink"

A _______ is a large section of ocean mostly surrounded by land or islands.

What is a strip of land that separates the coastal region from the ocean?

All of the following gases are dissolved and contained in seawater EXCEPT _________.

What are submerged volcanoes and hills under the ocean called?

_________ sea level is an always changing height of the ocean surface at a given location.

An _________ is a marine scientist who studies the ocean.

The average speed of sound in seawater is faster than in the air.