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Science Tizzest.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| process by which water moves from the ocean to land and back to the ocean again. | water cycle. |
| what is the water cycle powered by ? | solar energy. |
| what is liquid changing to gases ? | evaporation. |
| when does water escape from the leaves of plants ? | during transpiration. |
| when does water vapor change to a liquid ? | during condensation. |
| when does liquid water release from the atmosphere as rain, water, hail, sleet, or snow ? | during precipitation. |
| when does water drain from the land and flows back into the ocean ? | during runoff. |
| what is a continuous body of salt water ? | ocean. |
| what is the largest and deepest ocean ? | pacific. |
| What is the second largest ocean contains meditteranean, caribbean, and north seas ? | atlantic. |
| What ocean is deeper than the altlantic and shallower than the pacific ? | indian. |
| what ocean surrounds the geographic north pole ? | artic. |
| what is a shallow water platform that slopes gently from a continent to the deep ocean bottom ? | continental shelf. |
| what is an area of steeply sloping seafloor between the continental shelf and the deep ocean bottom | continental slope. |
| what are deep furrows cut into the continental slope ? | submarine canyons. |
| what are flat, almost level area in the deepest part of the ocean basin ? | abyssal plain. |
| what are underwater volcanic mountains seamounts ? | seamounts. |
| what are flat topped underwater mountains ? | guyots. |
| underwater mountain range that is the longest topographic feature on the earth's solid surface ? | mid ocean ridge. |
| what is a long v shaped channel located on the edges of the ocean basin ? | trench. |