Oceanography part 1

The warm, top layer of ocean water

• surface zone

• bio-luminescence

• deep zone

• transition zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

between surface layer and deep zone, temperature rapidly drops.

• surface zone

• transition zone

  Thermocline

• intertidal zone

• photic zone

Level of the ocean in which no light penetrates- deepest part of the ocean- coldest portion

• deep zone

• intertidal zone

• photic zone

• surface zone

The total amount of dissolved salts in a sample of water is its

• strength
• salinity
• pressure
• effect

The ______________ ocean is the largest ocean.

• Indian
• Atlantic
• Pacific
• Artic

The Arctic ocean is the ______________ ocean on Earth.

• largest
• warmest
• fishiest
• smallest

There are _______________ oceans in the world.

• five
• three
• ten
• two

Put the liquids in order from most dense to least dense?

• 4, 3, 2, 1
• 1, 2, 3, 4
• 3, 4, 2, 1, 
• 4, 3, 1, 2

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Where does the initial source of energy come from that helps the ocean distribute heat around the globe?

• The moon
• The sun
• The wind
• The rotation of the Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

New oceanic crust (sea floor) is created at this boundary.

• Divergent Oceanic

• Divergent Continental

• Convergent Oceanic

• Transform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1