Oceans

The measure of the amount of dissolved salts in a given amount of liquid is called __________.

• desalinization
• water cycle
• salinity
• evaporation

What does a surface current do when it deflects?

• gains speed
• moves toward cold water
• meets another ocean current
• changes direction

The movement of water from ocean to the atmosphere to the land and back to the ocean is called ________.

• water evaporation
• water codensation
• water precipitation
• water cycle

Which would increase the density of ocean water?

• joining the Gulf Stream
• getting colder
• getting warmer
• evaporation

What is the most abundant dissolved solid in the ocean?

• sodium saline
• sodium fluoride
• sodium chloride
• sodium hydroxide

What causes breakers to crash into the ocean floor?

• deep-water waves
• gravity
• short wavelengths
• shore currents

What does a surface current do when it deflects?

• gains speed
• moves toward cold water
• meets another ocean current
• changes direction

How does water move as it becomes denser?

• expands toward warmer water
• sinks toward the ocean floor
• gets pushed toward the poles
• gets pulled up by evaporation

How does water move in waves?

• in waves toward shore
• in a small vertical circle
• in the direction of the waves
• against the current

What transport most of the sediment in beach environment?

• undertows
• breakers
• longshore currents
• wind