ocean man

Question 1

pacific

Answer 1

it’s the biggest ocean

Question 2

Atlantic

Answer 2

it covers 20% of the surface

Question 3

Indian ocean

Answer 3

it’s asymmetric

Question 4

arctic

Answer 4

it’s frozen

Question 5

southern ocean

Answer 5

60 degrees south

Question 6

Salinity

Answer 6

Salinity is the saltiness or amount of salt dissolved in a body of water, called saline water.

Question 7

surface zone

Answer 7

a the uppermost level of the land or sea

Question 8

Thermocline

Answer 8

a steep temperature gradient in a body of water such as a lake, marked by a layer above and below which the water is at different temperatures.

Question 9

deep zone

Answer 9

extending or situated relatively far down from a surface.

Question 10

water cycle

Answer 10

The water cycle, also known as the hydrologic cycle or the hydrological cycle, is a biogeochemical cycle that describes the continuous movement of water on, above and below the surface of the Earth.

Question 11

Evaporation

Answer 11

Evaporation is a type of vaporization that occurs on the surface of a liquid as it changes into the gas phase. High concentration of the evaporating substance in the surrounding gas significantly slows down evaporation, such as when humidity affects rate of evaporation of water.

Question 12

Condensation

Answer 12

Condensation is the change of the state of matter from the gas phase into the liquid phase, and is the reverse of vaporization. The word most often refers to the water cycle

Question 13

Precipitation

Answer 13

In meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls under gravitational pull from clouds. The main forms of precipitation include drizzle, rain, sleet, snow, ice pellets, graupel and hail.

Question 14

continental shelf

Answer 14

A continental shelf is a portion of a continent that is submerged under an area of relatively shallow water, known as a shelf sea. Much of these shelves were exposed by drops in sea level during glacial periods. The shelf surrounding an island is known as an insular shelf

Question 15

continental slope

Answer 15

A continental shelf is a portion of a continent that is submerged under an area of relatively shallow water, known as a shelf sea.

Question 16

continental rise

Answer 16

The continental rise is a low-relief zone of accumulated sediments that lies between the continental slope and the abyssal plain.

Question 17

abyssal plain

Answer 17

An abyssal plain is an underwater plain on the deep ocean floor, usually found at depths between 3,000 metres and 6,000 metres

Question 18

mid-ocean ridge

Answer 18

A mid-ocean ridge is a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics. I

Question 19

rift valley

Answer 19

A rift valley is a linear shaped lowland between several highlands or mountain ranges created by the action of a geologic rift.

Question 20

Seamount

Answer 20

A seamount is a large geologic landform that rises from the ocean floor that does not reach to the water’s surface

Question 21

ocean trench

Answer 21

Oceanic trenches are prominent, long, narrow topographic depressions of the ocean floor

Question 22

Plankton

Answer 22

Plankton are the diverse collection of organisms found in water that are unable to propel themselves against a current.

Question 23

Nekton

Answer 23

Nekton or necton refers to the actively swimming aquatic organisms in a body of water.

Question 24

benthos

Answer 24

Benthos refers to organisms living on the bottom or associated with substrata. Terms synonymous with benthic algae are Periphyton and Aufwuchs.