Global Marine: #1

Fresh water is ______ dense than salt water

• equally

• less

• more

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

The amount of salt found in water is -

• temperature
• salinity
• pollution
• clarity

What is the average salinity of oceans?

• 31 ppt

• 32 ppt

• 36 ppt

• 35 ppt

Which of the following statements are true? (pick 2)

• Saltwater is more dense that freshwater

• Freshwater is more dense than saltwater

• COLD saltwater is more dense than warm saltwater

• COLD saltwater is less dense than warm saltwater

The density of ocean water depends on what two factors?

• temperature and global winds
• temperature and nutrients
• salinity and upwelling
• salinity and temperature

Which is not true about salty water?

• Floats on top of freshwater

• Higher density

• It has more molecules than freshwater

• It sinks at the bottom of a container

What does the blue line represent in the Thermohaline circulation?

• Warm salty water

• Warm fresh water

• Cold fresh water

• Cold salty water

What does the red line represent?

• Warm fresh water

• Warm salty water

• Cold fresh water

• Cold salty water

Which of the following types of water would SINK the fastest?

• warm and salty

• cold and salty

• warm and fresh

• cold and fresh