Oceans Flash Cards

What two factors increase as the ocean gets deeper?

• Temperature and Light

• Pressure and Temperature

• Pressure and Light

• Pressure and Salinity

In what part of the ocean is most wildlife found?

• Continental Shelf

• Abyssal Plain

• Trench

• mid ocean ridge

__________ are the rise and fall of ocean waters.

• Tides

• Waves

• Currents

• Ripples

The majority of Earth's surface is covered by:

• Land

• Water

• Ice

• Desert

An ocean is a ____________ that covers most of the Earth's surface.

• A small freshwater lake

• A large body of saltwater

• A type of desert

• A mountain range

The word "marine" means:

• related to the sea

• a type of bird

• a kind of plant

• a mountain range

The bottom of the ocean is called the _____________.

• ocean floor

• continental shelf

• mid-ocean ridge

• abyssal plain

What is true about the ocean floor?

• It is completely flat.

• It has mountains and valleys.

• It is covered in grass.

• It is made of sand only.

As you move deeper toward the ocean floor, what two factors in the environment decrease?

• A: water temperature and light

• B: water pressure and salinity

• C: water temperature and pressure

• D: light and salinity

What two factors increase as the ocean gets deeper?

• A: salinity and the amount of pressure

• B: temperature and light

• C: salinity and temperature

• D: pressure and light