Ocean Water Properties

The measure of the amount of salt dissolved in a given amount of liquid.

• Sea Mount

• Salinity

• Saltonomous

• Salty McSaltster

What causes ocean currents?

• The phase of the moon.

• The gravitational attraction of the sun

• Commercial boating activities.

• The temperature and salinity of ocean water

A stream of water moving like a river through the ocean is called ___

• Wave

• Tide

• Current

The deeper you go in the ocean, the water gets ________

• colder

• warmer

The deeper you go in the ocean, the water gets ________

• less salty

• saltier

What makes the surface of the ocean a different temperature from the rest?

• global warming

• the sun

• human activities

• glaciers melting

Which represents the distribution of water on Earth?

• 3% freshwater, 97% salt water
• 97% freshwater, 3% salt water
• 71% freshwater, 29% salt water
• 29% freshwater, 71% salt water

The ocean makes up about ________ % of the Earth's surface. 

• 100%
• 53%
• 70 %
• 90%

The temperature and salinity of the ocean change the most:

• Near the surface
•  Near the bottom
•  Near Antarctica
• Near the equator

 How do conditions change as the depth of the ocean water increases?

• temperature decreases and pressure increases
• temperature increases and pressure increases
• temperature decreases and pressure decreases
• temperature increases and pressure decreases