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Chapter 8

ocean

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a feature on the ocean floor abyssal plain
to operate with hands or by mechanical means in a skillful manner manipulate
water in the oceans seawater
refers to dissolved salt content salinity
slightly salty brackish
chemical process in which light energy water and carbon dioxide are converted into sugar photosynthesis
what happens to density as depth increases in oceans it increases
the salinity of seawater is not constant true
a salinity of 35 parts per thousand means that if you measured 1000 g of seawater 1000 g would b water molecules and 35 g would be salts false
two main types of resources on the seafloor energy, and minerals
the measure of hte mass of dissolved solids in mass of water salinity
freshwater mixed with seawater brackish water
water from a sea or an ocean that has an average salinity of 35 ppt seawater
areas where tectonic plates separate the seafloor ridges
to explore the seafloor oceanographers use submersibles
large flat areas of the seafloor that extend across the deepest parts of the ocean floor abyssal plains
physical characteristics that are used to classify the ocean into zones include water depth temperature salinity sunlight
salt water mixed with freshwater is brackish water
which zone does not receive any sunlight deep zone
the five oceans are the Arctic, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and Southern oceans True
salinity is a measure of the mass of dissolved solids in a mass of water True
Brackish water is polluted water mixed with seawater False-Freshwater
It has an average depth of 100 m Surface Zone
It extends from an average depth of 100 m to 1000 m Middle Zone
It extends below a depth of 1000 m Deep zone
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