The Hydrosphere and Biosphere

water used for drinking and agriculture

• groundwater

• river system

• phytoplankton

• sunlight

• surface zone

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the warm, top layer of ocean water

• groundwater

• river system

• phytoplankton

• sunlight

• surface zone

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what green plants need to produce their food

• groundwater

• river system

• phytoplankton

• sunlight

• surface zone

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            a network of streams that drains an area of land

• groundwater

• river system

• phytoplankton

• sunlight

• surface zone

         tiny, free-floating, marine algae

• groundwater

• river system

• phytoplankton

• sunlight

• surface zone

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The average salinity of seawater by weight is

• 0.35 percent.

• 3.5 percent.

• 35.0 percent.

• 6.2 percent.

With respect to energy, Earth is a(n)

• layered system.

• integrated system.

• open system.

• closed system.

Where do organisms obtain the energy they need?

• biosphere

• hydrosphere

• atmosphere

• lithosphere

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What is the second largest ocean on Earth?

• Arctic Ocean

• Indian Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

Deep currents flow along the

• ocean floor.

• thermocline.

• ocean surface.

• halocline.

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