Ocean Zones

A technique that uses sound waves to measure the depth of the ocean floor is

• Dredging
• Sonar
• SCUBA
• Weighted Lines

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

This is the study of the physical properties of ocean

• Natural Resources
• Oceanography
• Bioluminescence
• Chemosynthesis

This zone includes any area beyond the continental shelf where water is deepest.

• Open-Ocean Zone
• Neretic Zone
• Intertidal Zone
• Auto Zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Materials from the environment that are used by living things are called...

• Unnatural Resources
• Coral Reef
• Hydrothermal Vents
• Natural Resources

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Cracks in the ocean crust that release hot, mineral-rich water are called...

• Coral Reef
• Hydrothermal Vents
• Bioluminescence
• Geyser

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

____ are formed on the sea floor when one crustal plate is shoved under another crustal plate. 

• continental shelves
• trenches
• mid ocean ridges
• abyssal plains

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Plants and animals that live on the ocean floor are...

• benthos
• nekton
• plankton
• diatoms

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

The continental slope is located at the end of the...

• shoreline
• continental shelf
• mid ocean ridge
• abyssal plain

How do conditions vary in Earth's oceans? 

• Varies in Salinity, Sodium, Depth
• varies in temperature, salinity, calcium 
• Varies in salinity, temperature and depth. 
• varies in sonar, depth, temperature

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the name of the largest and most powerful surface current in the North Atlantic Ocean? 

• Gulf of Mexico 
• Pacific Steam 
• Gulf Stream
• Atlantic Ocean steam 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6