Ocean Characteristics

Which area of the ocean has the greatest temperature change?

• The surface

• The Thermocline

• The Deep Water

• The coastal area

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When water evaporates, the salinity ______.

• Increases

• Decreases

• Stays the same

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The energy to heat the ocean comes from:

• The Core

• Plate Tectonics

• The Sun

• Animals

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The most shallow area, closest to the beach (the shore) - (labeled "B").

• Continental Shelf

• Continental Slope

• Continental Rise

• Shoreline

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Occurs when warmer waters are moved by wind, and nutrient-rich cooler waters rise up from the depths.

• sea floor

• coastline

• fetch

• Upwelling

The distance that air travels over open water to create waves.

• wave height

• wave length

• fetch

• Upwelling

The area of land at the margins, that connect the oceans with the land.

• continental shelf

• sea level

• continental slope

• continental basin

This ocean has the infamous Ring of Fire is about 24,900 miles (40,000 kilometers) long and is where most of the world's earthquakes and volcanic events occur.

• Atlantic Ocean

• Arctic Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

• Indian Ocean

Answer explanation

There's a vast loop of volcanoes, trenches and seismically active places running through and around the Pacific. This would be the (in)famous "Ring of Fire." About 24,900 miles (40,000 kilometers) long, it's where most of the world's earthquakes and volcanic events take place.

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It is the smallest, geologically youngest, and physically most complex of the world’s Four major oceans.

• Atlantic Ocean

• Arctic Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

• Indian Ocean

The world’s oceans, centering approximately on the North Pole.

• Atlantic Ocean

• Arctic Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

• Indian Ocean