14.1 and 14.2 Review

More than 50 percent of Earth’s surface is covered with water.

• True

• False

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All of Earth’s oceans are interconnected.

• True

• False

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Ocean water heats up and cools down more quickly than land.

• True

• False

People have visited the deepest place in Earth’s oceans.

• True

• False

All phytoplankton in the ocean live in the aphotic zone.

• True

• False

The photic zone makes up the greatest volume of ocean water.

• True

• False

The neritic zone is the ocean zone that lies above the continental shelf.

• True

• False

Ocean water has greater salinity where evaporation is lower.

• True

• False

Land near an ocean has a wider range of temperatures because of the water.

• True

• False

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Compare and contrast the littoral, neritic, and oceanic zones.

• The littoral zone is the area near the shore, the neritic zone is the shallow part of the ocean above the drop-off of the continental shelf, and the oceanic zone is the deep open ocean beyond the continental shelf.

• The littoral zone is the deep open ocean, the neritic zone is near the shore, and the oceanic zone is the shallow part of the ocean above the drop-off of the continental shelf.

• The littoral zone is the shallow part of the ocean above the drop-off of the continental shelf, the neritic zone is the deep open ocean, and the oceanic zone is near the shore.

• The littoral zone is the deep open ocean beyond the continental shelf, the neritic zone is the area near the shore, and the oceanic zone is the shallow part of the ocean above the drop-off of the continental shelf.