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chapter 8.1

composition and structure of earth's oceans

QuestionAnswer
What is a feature on the ocean floor abysssal plain
What is water in the oceans seawater
This refers to dissolved salt content salinity
The chemical process in whicg light energy, water, and carbon dioxide are converted into sugar photosynthesis
This means to operate with hands or by mechanical means in a skillful manner manipulate
This is slightly salty brackish water
The oceans were filled tens of thousands of years with water from what precipitation
In areas where tectonic pates collide, the seafloor has deep what trenches
In areas where tectonic plates seperate, the seafloor has what mid-ocean ridges
Oceanographers use what to explore the seafloor submersiles
Water from a sea or an ocean that has an average salinity of 35 ppt is what seawater
two main tyoes of resources on the seafloor are what mineral and energy
The continental shelf, slope, and rise are regions of the continental what plains
What is the term for an uncrewed submersible used to explore the seafloor ROV
Which zone does not recieve any sunlight deep zone
What happens to density as depth increases in oceans it increases
What is the smallest ocean arctic ocean
What is the biggest ocean pacific ocean
Is the salinity of seawater constant no
What is the ocean closest to anarctica southern ocean
Is brackish water poluted no
Appears when tectonic plates seperates mid-ocean ridges
Appears when tectonic plates collide ocean trenches
A steep slope in an ocean continental slope
Is a continental slope and rise the same no
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