Water Cycle/Oceans Ch. 10

Seamount?

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Continental shelf?

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Abyssal plain?

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Continental slope?

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Trench?

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Density depends on...

• temperature only

• salinity and temperature

• wave speed

• wave size

High salinity on the surface of the ocean can be caused by?

• rivers

• melting ice

• low evaporation

• high evaporation and low precipitation

Ocean currents come from?

• Volcanoes

• Earthquakes

• Number of organisms living at different depths

• Differences in temperature

How are oceans part of the water cycle?

• they are very large and lots of water evaporates from them

• they have salt in them

• they are made of fresh water

• it rains over the land and ocean

Why would water in Georgia evaporate faster than water in Alaska?

• Georgia is colder

• Alaska is hotter

• Georgia is hotter

• Georgia has saltwater