8.e.1.2 Quiz

Which best describes the water found in estuaries?

• salt water
• brackish
• freshwater

Benthic organisms live where

• At a shallow depth

• Along ocean ridges

• On the ocean floor

• In the neritic zone

A technology used for underwater mapping is called

• Laser

• Radar

• Sonar

• Doppelganger

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Estuaries are important because they:

• provide shelter for young organisms
• have LOTS of nutrients
• filter out pollution from the ocean
• all of the above

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the area of the shore and seabed that is exposed to the air at low tide and submerged at high tide, i.e. the area between tide marks

• neritic zone
• intertidal zone
• photic zone
• upwelling

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Much of Earths weather is driven by _______ stored in the ocean.

• Salt

• Water

• Heat

• Fish

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The most abundant plants in the ocean are

• Zooplankton

• Phytoplankton

• Algae

• None of these

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Areas where cold, nutrient rich waters are brought to the surface due to winds blowing offshore are known as_________

• Aquifers

• Benthos

• Upwellings

• Hydrothermal Vents

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Upwellings are areas of rich biological diverstiy

• True

• False

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The ocean plays a critical role in removing carbon from the atmosphere

• True

• False

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