Earth Science Chapter 13 Oceans

Sound travels in seawater

The term brackish is most closely related to the ___ of a sample of water.

Which of these would be described as pelagic?

What part of the water cycle is indicated by F?

Groundwater bubbles or flows out of cracks in rocks

How much mineral salt does 100 g of seawater contain?

What part of the water cycle is indicated by C?

What part of the water cycle is indicated by I?

What part of the ocean basin is indicated by E?

Which of these do YE creationists believe were most likely created by runoff from the continents late in the Flood?

Marine snow would be most important to organisms living in the 

Global mean sea levels currently are

What part of the water cycle is indicated by E?

Mass of ice and snow that moves slowly over land

Which of these extends the farthest out into the ocean?

The shallow, submerged edges of a continent

What part of the ocean basin is indicated by A?

What part of the water cycle is indicated by H?

Island arcs are associated with subduction zones.

The zone where bioluminescence is the only form of natural light is the littoral zone.

Submerged mountain ranges on the ocean floor at the spreading margins of oceanic tectonic plates

What part of the water cycle is indicated by G?

Salinity is a measure of __ in water.

Which of the gases is more abundant in the lighted zones near the surface than in the dark regions in the ocean?

Because clams, corals, and anemones are attached to or live on the bottom, we call them __ organisms.

The light that makes it to this depth is very faint. Continental slope.

Visible light is only produced by organisms-bioluminescence. There is extreme pressure at this depth. Continental slope

According to the Genesis Creation account, God created our current oceans on Day 3

As you descend through the water column, ___ .

What part of the ocean basin is indicated by B?

Which of these is the main chemical building block of all living things?

What part of the ocean basin is indicated by F?

What part of the water cycle is indicated by A?

In which life zone must organisms cope with the greatest variability of conditions?

Oceanography is a field that includes specialties such as marine biologists, marine engineers, marine chemists, etc.

Water collects in hollows and low-lying areas of land

What part of the ocean basin is indicated by G?

About what percentage of the earth’s surface is covered by oceans?

This forms when large waves first break and drop sand.

Layer of rock that holds, or stores, water

Water that is forced through narrow passage due to heated gases and steam

Often called the "rainforests of the sea"

What part of the water cycle is indicated by B?

What part of the ocean basin is indicated by C?

Man-made hole drilled below water table

What part of the ocean basin is indicated by D?

Approximately what percentage of Earth’s water is fresh?

Invertebrates thrive at this depth. Temperature of water is just above freezing with the pressure being incredible.

A river and all the streams and land area that supply water to the system

The deepest measured depth of the ocean is about 11,000 m (36,000 ft.).

Which of the following does not belong with the other three?

The largest barrier reef in the world is found off the coast of Africa.

What part of the water cycle is indicated by D?

Well in which water rises because of pressure in aquifer

A coral reef separated from the mainland by a lagoon is a(n)

Sections of the ocean that are more or less surrounded by land

Land that is covered with a shallow layer of water

The most abundant salt found in ocean water is

Water temperature is near freezing, no light. Few creatures found here. 75% of the ocean floor is in this zone.

Seawater has a lower freezing point than fresh water.

Which ocean covers the largest percentage of the earth’s surface?

Echolocation is an ability found in some sea creatures which man has used as a model in developing sonar.

In which zone is ocean temperature most affected by the weather?

Zone where visible light exists. Continental shelf.

A submerged mountain or hill rising from the sea floor

The water in the Chesapeake Bay is saltier than the water in the Atlantic Ocean.