Oceanography

A sharp underwater hill that connects to the continental shelf and the ocean floor

• continental shelf
• continental slope
• continental rise
• trench

What carries out most of  Earth's photosynthesis?

• phytoplankton
• zooplankton
• currents
• waves

Depth refers to _________

• the amount light at a particular part of the ocean
• how far down something is
• the amount of force that is exerted on something
• the amount of heat energy found at a certain area of the ocean

These ocean motions are caused by winds

• tides and waves
• surface currents and waves
• surface and deep water currents
• tides and tsnamis

This increases as depth increases________

• light
• pressure
• temperature

As depth increases, temperature _________

• increases
• stays the same
• decreases

As the amount of light increases, pressure_______

• decreases
• increases
• stays the same

The shallow area at the edges of the continents

• continental shelf
• continental rise
• continental slope
• guyot

valleys cut deep into the ocean floor

• trench
• abyssal plain
• seamounts
• mid-ocean ridges

The flat, smooth part of the deep ocean floor

• continental shelf
• continental slope
• continental rise
• abyssal plain