Duplicate of Chapter 13 Oceans and Seas Earth Science BJU

According to the Genesis creation account, on day 3 God created our oceans as they are today.

In general, seawater temperature __________ from the surface to the bottom.

The carbon and nitrogen cycles operate only in the oceans.

Of those listed, which is the most important source of fixed nitrogen for marine organisms is

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

Man uses sonar in ways similar to how sea creatures use echolocation.

What forms when large waves first break and drop sand?

Which ocean basin covers the largest percentage of the earth's surface?

A coral reef seperated from the mainland by a lagoon is a(n) ____________.

The oceans of the world are divided into four completley seperate basins.

The intertidal zone is the life zone just below the lowest low tide near shore

Both Christian and secular scientists agree that the average salinity of the world ocean is slowly increasing.

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

Seawater has a lower freezing point than fresh water does.

Which of the following gases is more abudant in the lighted xones near the surface than in the dark regions

Creationist believe that ___________ were formed by runoff from the continents late in the flood.

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

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

The near-shore littoral and open ocean photic zones include the same depth band of the oceans

Sound in seawater travels faster than in air.

When water is described as potable, it is

Marine Snow would be most important to organisms living in the ________ zone.

The most abundant salt found in the ocean water is _____________.

Global mean sea levels currently are _________.

Organisms that live between the low tide mark at the shore and the edge of the continental shelf live in the ____ zone.

About what % of the earths surface is covered by oceans?

Because clams, corals, and anemones are attached to or live on the bottom they are ___________.

Oceanography is a broad field that includes lots of different careers.

Temperature increases, pressure decreases and density decreases as you go from the ocean floor to the surface.