Science Earths Ocean Features

Flat, deep, and smooth part of the ocean floor. Cold temperatures are found here.

• Continental Shelf

• Abyssal Plain

• Continental Slope

• Seamounts

Amount of salt found in water

• Photic Zone

• Gulf Stream

• Photosynthesis

• Salinity

The amount of mass per unit of volume

• Density

• Metric Units

• Mass

• Volume

Sharp underwater hill connecting the continent to the ocean floor?

• Ocean

• Coral Reef

• Plankton

• Continental Slope

A cold current that moves around the world?

• Ecosystem

• Organism

• Deep Ocean Current

• Photic Zone

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Which of these are the deepest parts of the oceans?

• Continental Shelf

• Abyssal Plain

• Ocean Trench

• Continental Rise

As the depth of the ocean water increases, the temperature...

• increases (warmer)

• decreases (colder)

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Where are you walking when you are wading in the ocean?

• Ocean Trench

• Abyssal Plain

• Continental Slope

• Continental Shelf

In what zone does approximately 90% of all ocean life live?

• sunlight
• twilight
• midnight

Animals that can use their bodies to make light are called _______________.

• magic
• shiny
• amazing
• bioluminescent