Oceans Review 1

Which topographic map indicates the steepest feature?

What is a continental rise?

Which rule of topography does this violate?

What ocean feature is indicated by #7 ?

Which of the following IS NOT used by scientists to classify ocean zones?

What is a continental slope?

What ocean feature is indicated by #6 ?

In which ocean climate region does salinity increase with depth?

This ocean feature is an underwater mountain range.

What ocean feature is indicated by #1 ?

Which ocean feature is the flat, main part of the ocean floor?

Which of the following WAS NOT a source of water for Earth's oceans?

This ocean feature is an underwater chimney that releases hot, mineral rich water.

The continental shelf, slope and rise all make up this ocean feature.

Which rule of topography does this violate?

What is the economic importance of hydrothermal vents?

What ocean feature is indicated by #5 ?

Which ocean feature is the area where the continental shelf drops off toward the ocean plain?

Which type of feature does this represent on a topographic map?

Which rule of topography does this violate?

Which of the following IS NOT a factor in making ocean water salty?

This ocean feature is a long, narrow, deep, steep-sided depression in the ocean floor.

Which ocean feature is the shallow coastal area where continent and ocean meet?

What ocean feature is indicated by #2 ?

This involves wind blowing surface water away from coasts & replacing it with cool deep water.

Choose another term for the ocean plain.

This is a property that allows animals to make light through an internal chemical reaction.

What is the definition of nutrients?

Which ocean feature is the deepest part of the ocean?

What is a continental shelf?

What ocean feature is indicated by #4 ?

This feature is an area where the plain begins to reach up to the continent above.