Intro to Oceans

What part of the ocean is a submerged border of a continent

• ocean basis

• continental slope

• continental shelf

The continental shelf is shallower, wider and less steep than the

• ocean trench

• continental slope

• abyssal plain

When water evaporates from the surface of the ocean

• salt is left behind

• the water is polluted

• fresh water is left behind

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

flowing streams of water that move forward continulally through the ocean are called

• tides

• waves

• currents

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

what is salinity

• amount of water that is polluted

• amount of salt is water

• number of molecules in the area of the water

what causes waves in the ocean

• animals

• sun

• wind

producers that live in ecosystems near the oceans surface get their energy from

• animals

• salt

• sunlight

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

organisms that live deep in the ocean where no light is found get thier energy from

• chemical reactions

• sunlight

• salt

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which is not considered ocean pollution?

• dumping garbage

• artifical reefs

• chemical runoff

as ocean depth increases light increases T OR FALSE

• FALSE

• TRUE

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2