Ocean Vocabulary Practice

What is the term for the amount of dissolved salts in a body of water?

• Dissolved oxygen

• Upwelling

• Salinity

• Plankton

Which type of plankton is a microscopic plant?

• Zooplankton

• Phytoplankton

• Plankton

• Upwelling

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What is the Coriolis Effect?

• The movement of ocean currents

• The effect of temperature on salinity

• The change in direction of global winds due to Earth's rotation

• The division of Earth into hemispheres

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Which ocean zone is known as the epipelagic zone?

• Twilight Zone

• Midnight Zone

• Sunlight Zone

• Abyssal Zone

What is the main cause of surface currents?

• Temperature differences

• Wind

• Salinity

• Deep ocean currents

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What is the characteristic of the abyssal zone?

• Full sunlight

• Some sunlight

• No light

• Twilight

What is a hydrothermal vent?

• opening on the seafloor that emits hot solutions

• A type of ocean wave

• A large underwater mountain

• A type of coral reef

What is dissolved oxygen (DO) a measure of?

• The amount of salt in water

• The amount of oxygen in water

• The amount of carbon dioxide in water

• The amount of nitrogen in water

What is upwelling in the ocean?

• The sinking of warm water

• cold water along the bottom of the ocean rises to the surface

• The movement of tides

• The formation of ocean currents

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Drifting organisms that rely primarily on ocean currents for transportation

• plankton

• coral

• salinity

• fish

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