Hydrology

 When water vapor changes to liquid water 

• evaporation
•  condensation
• humidity
• precipitation

. The flat area of the ocean basin is called the

• Ocean floor
• The Abyss
• Continental rise
• Abyssal Plain

Why is most of Earths freshwater is not available for human use.  

• because it's in the ground
• because it's frozen in ice caps and glaciers
• because of pollution
• because of global warmin

What percent of Earth’s water is freshwater 

• 1%
• 2%
• 3%
• 5%

What is Salinity? 

• how much salt is in any given liquid
• salt on the rocks
• how much salt is in takis

The edges of the continents slopes down from the shore into the ocean

• continental rise
• continental slope
• continental shelf

What is Nekton and where can they be found in the ocean? (top/middle/bottom) 

• living organisms the are found in the top/surface zones of the ocean
• living organisms found in the bottom/midnight zones of the ocean
• living organisms found in the middle/twilight zones of the ocean

What technology is used to measure the depth of the ocean?

• submarine
• sonic
• sonar

What causes deep ocean currents?

• moon's gravitational pull
• temperature, density, salinity
• wind

27.  What area of the ocean floor would have the greatest amount of pressure being exerted? 

• trench
• Rift Valley
• seamount