Ocean test
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| What will happen to a seamount if it breaks the water surface? | If a seamount breaks the water surface it will turn into a volcanic island.
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| What was the name of the place where are of the continents formed one whole landmass? | Pangea is the landmass that was formed into one big landmass.
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| Name the 5 oceans by decreasing size. | Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Artic.
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| What does the Pacific do with it's size each year? | Each year the Pacific Ocean decreases in size.
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| How did the salt in the ocean get there? | The salt got there from dissolved minerals laying around being picked up by rivers and streams.
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| How does sonar work to study the ocean? | Sonar works by sending out sound waves across the ocean floor.
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| What are the three ways that you can study the ocean? | You can study the ocean by sonar, satellite, or geostat.
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| What is the gently sloped area attached to a continent? | The area is called the continent shelf.
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| What is the name of the body of water that is known for it's high salinity? | The dead is known for it's high salinity.
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| What are plates at mid-ocean ridges? | They are called mountain ranges rift valleys.
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| What are plates in ocean trenches? | Huge cracks in the ocean basin.
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| What is the new ocean floor called? | They are called mid-ocean ridges.
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| What are old ocean floors called? | They are called trenches.
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| What are plankton? | Plankton are microscopic organisms in the ocean and sea.
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| What are nekton? | Neketon are organisms that swim freely in the ocean and sea.
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| What are producers? | Producers are living things that make their own food from sunlight.
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| What are consumers? | Consumers are living things that eat other things.
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| What are some examples of plankton? | Some examples are shrimp and krill.
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| What are some examples of nekton? | Some examples are whales and seahorses.
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