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Oceanography Oceanography 11
Oceans cover over what percentage of
the Earth?
Oceanography 1 Oceanography 1 AnswerAnswer
Over 70 percent
Oceanography 2Oceanography 2What occurs as the depth of the ocean water increases?
Oceanography 2 Oceanography 2 AnswerAnswer
Temperature
Pressure
amount of light
Oceanography 3Oceanography 3What are three things
humans could do to help the ocean environment?
Oceanography 3 Oceanography 3 AnswerAnswer
1. Create anti- pollution laws
2. Monitor marine population
3. Limit the hunting of certain marine animals
Oceanography 4Oceanography 4
What mineral is the most abundant (occurs the most) in the ocean?
Oceanography 4 Oceanography 4 AnswerAnswer
SALT
Oceanography 5Oceanography 5
What are the three factors that influence the type of life forms in the ocean?
Oceanography 5 Oceanography 5 AnswerAnswer
Temperature
Pressure
Amount of Light
Oceanography 6Oceanography 6 This affects the climate of nearby areas by creating warm winds and a mild climate.
Oceanography 6 Oceanography 6 AnswerAnswer
The Gulf Stream
Oceanography 7Oceanography 7
What important energy source can be found within the ocean floor?
Oceanography 7 Oceanography 7 AnswerAnswer
Petroleum (Oil)
Oceanography 8Oceanography 8What is caused by
differences in density?
Oceanography 8 Oceanography 8 AnswerAnswer
Deep Ocean Currents
Oceanography 9Oceanography 9
What causes the continental plain to
be flat?
Oceanography 9 Oceanography 9 AnswerAnswer
Sediment coming from the land
Oceanography 10Oceanography 10
The long mountain chains that run along the ocean floor are called what?
Oceanography 10 Oceanography 10 AnswerAnswer
Mid – Oceanic Ridges
Oceanography 11Oceanography 11
What causes the differences in deep ocean currents?
Oceanography 11 Oceanography 11 AnswerAnswer
Temperature
Oceanography 12 Oceanography 12
What is the name of animals that live in or on the ocean floor?
Oceanography 12 Oceanography 12 AnswerAnswer
Benthos
Oceanography 13Oceanography 13
What helps to make the continental shelf rich in marine life?
Oceanography 13 Oceanography 13 AnswerAnswer
SUNLIGHT
Oceanography 14Oceanography 14
What ocean feature begins at the outer edge of the shelf?
Oceanography 14 Oceanography 14 AnswerAnswer
Continental Slope
Oceanography 15 Oceanography 15
In the open ocean, organisms depend directly or indirectly on food that is made by what?
Oceanography 15 Oceanography 15 AnswerAnswer
Plankton
Oceanography 16Oceanography 16
What causes waves to form?
Oceanography 16 Oceanography 16 AnswerAnswer
Wind blowing over the surface of the
ocean
Oceanography 17Oceanography 17 Most ocean pollutants
come from what?
Oceanography 17 Oceanography 17 AnswerAnswer
Land
Oceanography 18Oceanography 18 What must organisms that live on the continental shelf do to survive?
Oceanography 18 Oceanography 18 AnswerAnswer
Constantly adapt to changing conditions
Oceanography 19Oceanography 19
What ocean ecosystem does NOT depend on
sunlight to get its energy?
Oceanography 19 Oceanography 19 AnswerAnswer
Ocean Trenches
Oceanography 20Oceanography 20
What are the two types of plankton?
Oceanography 20 Oceanography 20 AnswerAnswer
Zooplankton (Animals)
Phytoplanton (Plants)
Oceanography 21Oceanography 21
What type of organism in the
ocean cannot move on its own?
Oceanography 21 Oceanography 21 AnswerAnswer
Plankton
(Drift freely in the open ocean)
Oceanography 22Oceanography 22
What group of organisms can swim
and control their own movement?
Oceanography 22 Oceanography 22 AnswerAnswer
Nekton
Oceanography 23Oceanography 23
Where would coral reefs be found in the ocean?
Oceanography 23 Oceanography 23 AnswerAnswer
Continental Shelf
Oceanography 24Oceanography 24
Most ocean life occurs in what part of the ocean?
Oceanography 24 Oceanography 24 AnswerAnswer
The Continental Shelf
Oceanography 25Oceanography 25
What causes high and low tides on
Earth?
Oceanography 25 Oceanography 25 AnswerAnswer
The Moon and the Sun’s Gravity
Oceanography 26Oceanography 26
What ocean feature does 2 show?
Oceanography 26 Oceanography 26 AnswerAnswer
Continental Shelf
Oceanography 27 Oceanography 27
Number 3 shows which ocean feature?
Oceanography 27 Oceanography 27 AnswerAnswer
Continental Plain
Oceanography 28Oceanography 28
Number 4 shows which ocean feature?
Oceanography 28 Oceanography 28 AnswerAnswer
Ocean Trench
Oceanography 29Oceanography 29
Number 6 shows which ocean feature?
Oceanography 29 Oceanography 29 AnswerAnswer
Continental Slope
Oceanography 30Oceanography 30
Number 5 shows which ocean feature?
Oceanography 30 Oceanography 30 AnswerAnswer
Mid – Oceanic Ridge