Question | Answer |
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 |