Ocean - Review

Why does most of the ocean life live in or at least visit the ocean surface?  

• that is where the majority of the oxygen and sunlight occurs
• that is where chemo-synthesis occurs and therefore more life
• the water pressure is higher there and is more enjoyable
• the temperatures are colder and most animals need cooler temperatures

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Sunlight allows ________________ to occur in the sunlight zone.

• bioluminesence

• transpiration

• photosynthesis

• voting

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The ocean gets colder as you go _____.

• closer to the Equator.

• lower in latitude.

• deeper.

Depth and location affect ____.

• temperature of ocean water.

• tides and currents.

• polar ice thickness.

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______ causes deep ocean currents

• The Coriolis Effect

• gravity

• wind

• density differences

______ causes surface currents.

• The Coriolis Effect

• gravity

• density differences

• wind

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Decreasing ocean temperature causes the density of the water to ______.

• decrease

• increase

• stay the same

• fluctuate

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Nutrients are brought to the surface for phytoplankton to use at _______.

• gyres

• eddies

• upwellings

• the equator

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What does the blue line represent in the Thermohaline circulation?

• Warm salty water

• Warm water

• Cold water

• Cold salty water

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

• warm and salty

• cold and salty

• warm and fresh

• cold and fresh