Ocean & Aquifers

Where does most of the heat in the ocean water come from?

• marine organisms

• collisions between dissolved solids

• solar energy

• tides

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a layer in a body of water in which water temperature drops with increased depth faster than it does in other areas

• thermocline
• incline
• saline
• decline

a measure of the amount of dissolved solids in a given amount of liquid

• DDT
• plankton
• salinity
• icee

Which three factors are most important in determining the composition of ocean water?

• temperature, salinity, and density

• volume, mass, and density

• mass, salinity, and density

• volume, temperature, and density

What is the best description of the salinity of ocean water?

• number of grams of salt in one kilogram of water

• number of grams of dissolved chlorine in one kilogram of water

• number of grams of mineral salt in one liter of water

• number of milligrams of dissolved sodium chloride in one liter of water

water cycle

• amount of salt dissolved in water

• a long, narrow valley, that forms as tectonic plates seperate

• water circulating between earth's oceans, atmosphere, and land

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The deeper you go in the ocean, the water gets ________

• colder

• warmer

The deeper you go in the ocean, the water gets ________

• less salty

• saltier

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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Which represents the distribution of water on Earth?

• 3% freshwater, 97% salt water
• 97% freshwater, 3% salt water
• 71% freshwater, 29% salt water
• 29% freshwater, 71% salt water