Section 3 Quiz 8.E.1.3 Earth Systems and Structures

What are tiny organisms that float near the surface of the water?

• plankton
• organisms
• abiotic factor
• insects

True of False: The temperature of the ocean water decreases as the depth of the water increases.

• True
• False

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True or False: Temperature does NOT affect the animals that live in marine ecosystems.

• True
• False

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The __________ zone is the place where the ocean meets the land.

• intertidal
• neritic
• oceanic
• benthic

The deepest parts of the benthic zone do not get any _________.

• sunlight
• food
• fish
• chemicals

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An area where fresh water from streams and rivers spills into the ocean is called an _____________.

• plankton
• estuary
• sargassums
• coral reefs

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what is a barrier reef?

• reef that grows surrounding an island

• reef that grows parallel to the coast

• a young reef

The base of the ocean's food chains is formed by

• blue whales
• plankton
• coral reefs
• sargassums

An estuary is...

• a body of water formed where freshwater and saltwater mix
• a relatively flat land stretching from either side of a river
• the beginning of a river
• an abiotic factor of a watershed

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A rising of sea water...

• upwelling
• evaporation
• tidal surge
• continental drift