Earth Science (Chapter 13)

Question 1

Marine organisms here must be very mobile or have a sturdy design and good grip on surfaces.

Accepted Answer

intertidal zone

Question 2

The Challenger Deep is associated with this type of feature.

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trench

Question 3

The carbon and nitrogen cycles are cycles of nutrients that operate only in the ocean.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 4

Lowered by increasing water's saltiness.

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melting/freezing point

Question 5

These terms are in order from land toward the middle of an ocean basin...

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coastal region, beach, shelf, slope, rise, abyssal plain.

Question 6

Can reach up to 1100 atm in the Challenger Deep.

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pressure

Question 7

What is the correct name for a submerged volcano?

Accepted Answer

the top 2 answers are correct

Question 8

Measure of the ocean's saltiness.

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salinity

Question 9

1.028 g/cm3 at normal conditions

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density

Question 10

Sea level is the same elevation everywhere on Earth.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 11

This area of the open ocean has relatively constant salinity and good water clarity.

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photic zone

Question 12

Changes with seasons to form a thermal layer.

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temperature

Question 13

Benthic organisms in this area are more likely to be exposed to light from the surface.

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littoral zone

Question 14

The only substance dissolved in seawater is salt.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

A underwater feature that forms at the margins of divergent tectonic plates is a(n)

Accepted Answer

mid-ocean ridge

Question 16

A longshore bar is associated with which ocean basin region?

Accepted Answer

beach

Question 17

Essential for using echolocation.

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speed of sound

Question 18

No light from the surface reaches these two zones.

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aphotic zone and abyssal zone

Question 19

This area of ocean above the continental shelf is similar to shallow areas near land.

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littoral zone

Question 20

A feature found carved into continental slopes that is likely a remnant of the flood is a(n)

Accepted Answer

submarine canyon

Question 21

The only nutrients here come from marine snow.

Accepted Answer

abyssal zone

Question 22

Pelagic animals, many using bioluminescence, are the only living thins here.

Accepted Answer

aphotic zone

Questions 22