Ocean Properties

What two elements make up the salt in salt water?

• Sodium Chloride

• Sodium Salt

• Salt Chloride

• Potassium Chloride

The measurement of salinity is

• the amount of salt in the water.

• the amount of chloride in the water.

• the amount of potassium in the water.

• the amount of nutrients in the water.

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

• global warming

• the sun

• human activities

• glaciers melting

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 The density of ocean water is influenced by what two factors?

•  Salinity and temperature
• Water color and chlorophyll
•  Dissolved gases and dissolved solids
•  Dissolved carbon and trace elements

 What is true about the water on the bottom of the ocean?

•  It is the saltiest water found in the ocean
• It is the densest water found in the ocean
•  It is not frozen because sunlight warms it up
•  It does not move

 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

If I have freshwater that is less dense, what will it do in comparison to salt water that is more dense?

• The more dense water will float and the less dense water will sink.
• The more dense water will sink and the less dense water will float
• Nothing they will mix evenly.

As we go deeper into the ocean, salinity ___________. 

• Doubles
• Decreases 
• Increases
• Remains the same 

The highest salinity would be found in which of the following areas?

• an area with high rates of precipitation
• an area with high rates of evaporation
• an area with plenty of runoff
• all of the above

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What happens to pressure as you go deeper into the ocean? 

• increases
• decreases
• stays the same
• doubles