ocean vocabulary

Most of the Earth's water is in

• salty oceans
• freshwater lakes
• freshwater ponds
• glaciers

What is the scientific name for salt? 

• Sodium Acetate 
• Sodium Chloride 
• Chloride sodium 
• Hydroxide sulfate 

As we go deeper into the ocean, salinity ___________. 

• Doubles
• Decreases 
• Increases
• Remains the same 

What is the deepest part of the ocean?

• a rift zone
• an abyssal plain
• a seamount
• an oceanic trench

The amount of salt found in water is -

• temperature
• salinity
• pollution
• clarity

What is the steep slope at the edge of the continental shelf?

• seamount
• mid-ocean ridge
• continental slope
• rift zone

What is animal-like plankton called?

• Phytoplankton 
• Animal-likeplankton
• Zooplankton
• Plankton

What are underwater mountain ranges called?

• continental shelf
• mid-ocean ridges
• abyssal plains
• continental slopes

The shallowest(least deep) part of the ocean is the ____________________

• trench
• abyssal plain
• continental shelf
• continental slope

The Maraina __________ is the deepest known place on Earth

• Volcanoe
• Seamount
• Ridge
• Trench