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What are the 3 regions of a continental margin? • Shelf • Slope • Rise
4 criteria scientist use when classifying ocean zones • Amount of sunlight • Salinity • Density • Temperature
A shallow zone that gets the most amount of sunlight • Surface zone
Faint blue, green light, lies between deep zone and surface zone • Middle zone
Deep zone • No plants and midnight zone
Identify 5 of earths oceans • Pacific ocean • Arctic ocean • Atlantic ocean • Southern ocean • Indian ocean
Abyssal plains Large flat area of sea floor that extends
Mid-ocean ridges tectonics plates that pull apart
Ocean trenches tectonic plates collides with continental plates also the deepest trench
List one unique compound of water water can be in all forms of matter -solid -liquid -gas
True or false: the density of ice is lower than the density of the same True
Define polarity a condition in which opposite ends of molecule have slightly opposite charges, but the overall charges of the molecule in neutral
True or False: The density of freshwater is lower than 4 degrease Celsius false
The particles of liquid water are closer together that the particles of the same volume of frozen water true
Define Cohesion attraction between molecules that are alike
Define adhesion attraction among molecules that aren't alike
Finish the sentence : Sodium chlorine break apart or dissolves
How do surface currents affect weather and climate Regions near warm-water currents are often warmer and wetter than regions near cold- water currents
what is density currents caused by changes in density
true or false: does water move in a horizontally in a upwelling current false
True or false : water moves from one place to anther in a surface current true
true or false : density currents move vertically false
true or false : density` currents are moved by wind false
true or false upwelling currents are caused by density difference true
true or false: upwelling currents bring rich nutrient water to the surface true
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