Oceans Spiral Review

What 3 things cause currents?

• wind patterns, temperature, and salinity
• temperature, sediment, sun
• waves, the moon, sediment
• shallow water, temperature, and salinity

Label A

• continental slope
• continental shelf
• abyssal plain
• sea mount

Label C

• continental slope
• continental shelf
• abyssal plain
• sea mount

How much salt is in something is called_____________

• Salinity
• Evaporation
• Seamount

Tides are caused primarily by the _______ gravity.

• Spring
• moon's

What is the daily rise and fall of sea level at a given place along the shore called?

• wave
• tide
• upwelling
• barrier reef

In addition to salinity, what factor affects the density of seawater?

• depth
• latitude
• temperature
• salt content

As the depth of the ocean increases, the temperature _______.

• decreases
• increases
• stays the same

As the depth of the ocean increases, water pressure ________.

• decreases 
• stays the same
• increases

As the depth of the ocean increases, the levels of sunlight _______.

• decrease
• increase
• stay the same