WorksheetsOcean Water
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is one way the oceans gets lower in salinity?
a)
High Precipitation
b)
High Freezing
c)
High Temperature
2.
Salinity is expressed in what terms?
a)
Per tens
b)
Per hundreds
c)
Per thousand
3.
What is the largest ion in salt water?
a)
sodium
b)
calcium
c)
chlorine
4.
Where does the salts come from?
a)
Animals
b)
chemical weathering
c)
plants
5.
How can you increase salinity?
a)
Increase rain
b)
Melt glaciers
c)
evaporation
6.
Is the surface temperature of the oceans?
a)
Hotter
b)
colder
7.
Does the Higher latitudes have a thermocline?
a)
yes
b)
no
8.
Is the equator higher or lower in salinity than 20 degrees north?
a)
higher
b)
lower
9.
Is ice denser than water?
a)
no
b)
yes
10.
How many pounds of pressure is an atmosphere?
a)
5
b)
10
c)
15
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