Oceans and Climate

What type of ocean water is denser?

• fresh

• salty

Cold currents make summers on the west coast of US ____

• dry, cool

• warm, humid

• warm, dry

• cool, humid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What type of equipment do scientist use to map the ocean floor?

• submersibles

• sonde & satellites

• satellites and sonar

• sonde and sonar

Why is it so hard to study the deep sea?

• high pressure

• extremely cold temperatures

• strange sea life

• too dark

What would an animal need to be able to do to survive the abyssal zone?

• swim to surface

• resist pressure

• produce food through photosynthesis

• hide from prey

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What process brings nutrient rich water up from the ocean floor?

• ocean currents

• circulation

• upwellings

• downwellings

What layer of the ocean consists of deep sea trenches

• hadal zone

• sunlight zone

• abyssal zone

• midnight zone

Which layer of the ocean has greater biodiversity?

• twilight zone

• abyssal zone

• midnight zone

• sunlight zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Which ocean is the shallowest?

• Indian

• Atlantic

• Southern

• Arctic

Where do you find the greatest nutrients in the ocean?

• surface

• near coral reefs

• near the seafloor

• around 500 meters