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Which of the following areas in the ocean is likely to have the lowest salinity?

Which of the following is made of underwater mountain ranges on the ocean floor?

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1
Which of the following is made of underwater mountain ranges on the ocean floor?
mid-ocean ridge
seamont
deep ocean trench
abyssal plain
2
Which of the following areas in the ocean is likely to have the lowest salinity?
a bay at the mouth of a big river
a warm, tropical area
the cold Arctic Ocean
deep parts of the Pacific Ocean
3
Salinity is a measure of which of the following in water?
oxygen
dissolved salt
sand
carbon dioxide
4
Which of the following is true of ocean water?
ocean water w low salinity has no dissolved gases
ocean water w low saliniyt has a greater density
ocean water w high salinity has no dissolved salts
ocean water w high salinity has a greater density
5
The amount of matter in a given amount of space is known as
oxygen concentration
pressure
density
salinity
6
Which of the following best describes the ocean floor?
warm and dense
has many features
gently sloping
smooth and flat
7
A deep cut through the continental shelf and slope is called a(n)
deep ocean trench
seamont
submarine canyon
abyssal plain
8
As you descend through the ocean
pressure increases
temperature decreases
density decreases
light increases