Question | Answer |
Plates at mid-ocean are... | The Rift-zone |
5 Oceans | Pacific,Atlantic,Indian,Southern,and Arctic |
Each year,the Atlantic Ocean...... | Gets bigger or wider |
Each year,the Pacific Ocean...... | Gets smaller |
Ocean water's most abundant salt | Sodium chloride |
Measures the amount of dissolved salt in a liquid. | Salinity |
The salt in the ocean came from..... | Minerals on land that were dissolved and carried away by rivers and streams. |
How pressure changes as you go deeper in the ocean. | It increases |
How the oceans helps regulate temperatures in the atmosphere. | It absorbs and releases. |
The gently sloping area attached to a continent is the.... | Continental Shelf |
The steeply sloping area between the continental shelf and the ocean floor is the.. | Continental Slope |
Deep, flat areas of the ocean floor are called... | Abyssal Plains |
Causes water to evaporate from the ocean. | The Sun |
Plates at ocean trenches are.... | Oceanic and Continental |
A producer.... | Makes their food |
A consumer.... | Finds their food |
New ocean floor is created at..... | Mid-ocean ridges |
Old ocean floor is destroyed at.... | a Trench |
Desalination is.... | The process of removing salt |
Nonpoint-source pollution comes from.... | Many sources |
Point-source pollution comes from.... | A specific site |