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OCEANOGRAPHY

OCEANOGRAPHY. SOL 5.6. Oceanography 1. Oceans cover over what percentage of the Earth?. Oceanography 1 Answer. Over 70 percent. Oceanography 2. What occurs as the depth of the ocean water increases?. Oceanography 2 Answer. Temperature Pressure amount of light. Oceanography 3.

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OCEANOGRAPHY

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  1. OCEANOGRAPHY SOL 5.6

  2. Oceanography 1 Oceans cover over what percentage of the Earth?

  3. Oceanography 1 Answer Over 70 percent

  4. Oceanography 2 What occurs as the depth of the ocean water increases?

  5. Oceanography 2 Answer Temperature Pressure amount of light

  6. Oceanography 3 What are three things humans could do to help the ocean environment?

  7. Oceanography 3 Answer • Create anti- pollution laws • Monitor marine population • Limit the hunting of certain marine animals

  8. Oceanography 4 What mineral is the most abundant (occurs the most) in the ocean?

  9. Oceanography 4 Answer SALT

  10. Oceanography 5 What are the three factors that influence the type of life forms in the ocean?

  11. Oceanography 5 Answer Temperature Pressure Amount of Light

  12. Oceanography 6 This affects the climate of nearby areas by creating warm winds and a mild climate.

  13. Oceanography 6 Answer The Gulf Stream

  14. Oceanography 7 What important energy source can be found within the ocean floor?

  15. Oceanography 7 Answer Petroleum (Oil)

  16. Oceanography 8 What is caused by differences in density?

  17. Oceanography 8 Answer Deep Ocean Currents

  18. Oceanography 9 What causes the continental plain to be flat?

  19. Oceanography 9 Answer Sediment coming from the land

  20. Oceanography 10 The long mountain chains that run along the ocean floor are called what?

  21. Oceanography 10 Answer Mid – Oceanic Ridges

  22. Oceanography 11 What causes the differences in deep ocean currents?

  23. Oceanography 11 Answer Temperature

  24. Oceanography 12 What is the name of animals that live in or on the ocean floor?

  25. Oceanography 12 Answer Benthos

  26. Oceanography 13 What helps to make the continental shelf rich in marine life?

  27. Oceanography 13 Answer SUNLIGHT

  28. Oceanography 14 What ocean feature begins at the outer edge of the shelf?

  29. Oceanography 14 Answer Continental Slope

  30. Oceanography 15 In the open ocean, organisms depend directly or indirectly on food that is made by what?

  31. Oceanography 15 Answer Plankton

  32. Oceanography 16 What causes waves to form?

  33. Oceanography 16 Answer Wind blowing over the surface of the ocean

  34. Oceanography 17 Most ocean pollutants come from what?

  35. Oceanography 17 Answer Land

  36. Oceanography 18 What must organisms that live on the continental shelf do to survive?

  37. Oceanography 18 Answer Constantly adapt to changing conditions

  38. Oceanography 19 What ocean ecosystem does NOT depend on sunlight to get its energy?

  39. Oceanography 19 Answer Ocean Trenches

  40. Oceanography 20 What are the two types of plankton?

  41. Oceanography 20 Answer Zooplankton (Animals) Phytoplanton (Plants)

  42. Oceanography 21 What type of organism in the ocean cannot move on its own?

  43. Oceanography 21 Answer Plankton (Drift freely in the open ocean)

  44. Oceanography 22 What group of organisms can swim and control their own movement?

  45. Oceanography 22 Answer Nekton

  46. Oceanography 23 Where would coral reefs be found in the ocean?

  47. Oceanography 23 Answer Continental Shelf

  48. Oceanography 24 Most ocean life occurs in what part of the ocean?

  49. Oceanography 24 Answer The Continental Shelf

  50. Oceanography 25 What causes high and low tides on Earth?

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