Oceanography Review

What is salinity?

• the amount of sodium in liquid
• the amount of water that has evaporated
• the amount of dissolved salts in a liquid
• the amount of solids in a liquid

What is special about marine life in the intertidal zone 

• cannot live under water
• must be able to live underwater and on land
• have strong shells covering their bodies
• only plants can live in this zone

Which of the following animals is found in the neritic zone?

• Clam

• Dolphin

• Tube Worm

• Sea Star

The steeply inclined section of the continental margin

• Continental Shelf
• Continental Slope
• Continential Rise
• Abyssal Plain

The part of the continental margin that begins a the shoreline

• Continental Shelf
• Continental Slope
• Continential Rise
• Abyssal Plain

the base of the continental slope

• Continental Shelf
• Continental Slope
• Continential Rise
• Abyssal Plain

Ocean life group that can swim and hunt for food.

• plankton

• nekton

• benthos

• pelagic

An organism that lives in or on the ocean floor

• plankton

• nekton

• benthos

• pelagic

An organism that drifts with the currents and is usually microscopic.

• plankton

• nekton

• benthos

• pelagic

A v-shaped crevice on the ocean floor that is the deepest point.

• Ocean Trench

• Rift Valley

• Seamounts

• Mid-Ocean Ridge