Oceans and Currents

These are ocean currents that are powered by wind: ________________________

• Deep water currents

• Density currents

• Surface currents

• Upwellings

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Generally, currents running along the West coasts of continents are ___________ currents.

• cold

• warm

• density

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At a/an ______________ deep, cold water rises to the ocean surface and brings nutrients up from the bottom of the ocean.

• upwelling

• abyssal plain

• sea mount

• estuary

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The rise and fall of sea level due to the moon’s gravity is called a _________.

• gyre

• current

• tide

• wave

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A measure of the amount of salts dissolved in sea water: ____________________

• density

• saturation

• salinity

• pressure

Which part of the ocean floor is technically part of a continent?

• Abyssal plain

• Ocean trench

• Seamount

• Continental shelf

Which layer of ocean water is the top-most layer; the layer of ocean water that ranges 0 m to 200 m deep?

• Epipelagic (Sunlight Zone)

• Mesopelagic (Twilight Zone)

• Bathypelagic (Midnight Zone)

• Abyssopleagic (Abyssal Zone)

Which layer of ocean water can be found at depths of 1000 m to 4000 m?

• Epipelagic (Sunlight Zone)

• Mesopelagic (Twilight Zone)

• Bathypelagic (Midnight Zone)

• Abyssopelagic (Abyssal Zone

Which area of the ocean floor covers about 50% of the Earth’s surface?

• Continental shelf

• Ocean trench

• Seamount

• Abyssal plain

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In which layer would you be most likely to find a photosynthetic organism?

• Epipelagic (Sunlight Zone)

• Mesopelagic (Twilight Zone)

• Bathypelagic (Midnight Zone)

• Abyssopelagic (Abysal Zone)

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