OCEANOGRAPHY SOL 5.6. Oceanography 1 Oceans cover over what percentage of the Earth?

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Oceans cover over what percentage of

the Earth?

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Over 70 percent

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

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Temperature

Pressure

amount of light

Oceanography 3Oceanography 3What are three things

humans could do to help the ocean environment?

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1. Create anti- pollution laws

2. Monitor marine population

3. Limit the hunting of certain marine animals

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What mineral is the most abundant (occurs the most) in the ocean?

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SALT

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What are the three factors that influence the type of life forms in the ocean?

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Temperature

Pressure

Amount of Light

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

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The Gulf Stream

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What important energy source can be found within the ocean floor?

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Petroleum (Oil)

Oceanography 8Oceanography 8What is caused by

differences in density?

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Deep Ocean Currents

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What causes the continental plain to

be flat?

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Sediment coming from the land

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The long mountain chains that run along the ocean floor are called what?

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Mid – Oceanic Ridges

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What causes the differences in deep ocean currents?

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Temperature

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What is the name of animals that live in or on the ocean floor?

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Benthos

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What helps to make the continental shelf rich in marine life?

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SUNLIGHT

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What ocean feature begins at the outer edge of the shelf?

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Continental Slope

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

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Plankton

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What causes waves to form?

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Wind blowing over the surface of the

ocean

Oceanography 17Oceanography 17 Most ocean pollutants

come from what?

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Land

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

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Constantly adapt to changing conditions

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What ocean ecosystem does NOT depend on

sunlight to get its energy?

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Ocean Trenches

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What are the two types of plankton?

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Zooplankton (Animals)

Phytoplanton (Plants)

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What type of organism in the

ocean cannot move on its own?

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Plankton

(Drift freely in the open ocean)

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What group of organisms can swim

and control their own movement?

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Nekton

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Where would coral reefs be found in the ocean?

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Continental Shelf

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Most ocean life occurs in what part of the ocean?

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The Continental Shelf

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What causes high and low tides on

Earth?

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The Moon and the Sun’s Gravity

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What ocean feature does 2 show?

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Continental Shelf

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Number 3 shows which ocean feature?

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Continental Plain

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Number 4 shows which ocean feature?

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Ocean Trench

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Number 6 shows which ocean feature?

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Continental Slope

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Number 5 shows which ocean feature?

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Mid – Oceanic Ridge