Oceans

Question 1

Pacific Ocean

Answer 1

Largest ocean.

Question 2

Atlantic Ocean

Answer 2

Second largest ocean.

Question 3

Indian Ocean

Answer 3

Third largest ocean.

Question 4

Arctic Ocean

Answer 4

Smallest and shallowest ocean.

Question 5

Southern Ocean

Answer 5

Southernmost ocean.

Question 6

Salinity

Answer 6

A measure of the amount of dissolved salts in a given amount of liquid.

Question 7

Surface Zone

Answer 7

First 200 meters of the ocean.

Question 8

Thin layer of a body of water that the temp varies more rapidly than the rest of the water.

Answer 8

Thermocline

Question 9

Part of an ocean that get little to no sunlight.

Answer 9

Deep zone

Question 10

The continuous movement of water from the ocean to the atmosphere to the land and back to the ocean.

Answer 10

Water cycle

Question 11

Process by which liquid turns to a gas.

Answer 11

Evaporation

Question 12

Process by which gas turns back to a liquid.

Answer 12

Condensation

Question 13

Liquid falling from the sky in any form.

Answer 13

Precipitation

Question 14

The gently sloping section of the continental margin located between the shoreline and the continental slope.

Answer 14

Continental Shelf

Question 15

The steeply inclined section of the continental margin located between the continental rise and the continental shelf.

Answer 15

Continental Slope

Question 16

Land divider separating watersheds.

Answer 16

Continental Divide.

Question 17

A large, flat, almost level area of the deep-ocean basin.

Answer 17

Abyssal Plain

Question 18

Mid-ocean ridge

Answer 18

A long, undersea mountain chain that forms along the floor of the major oceans.

Question 19

A long, narrow valley that forms as tectonic plates separate.

Answer 19

Rift Valley

Question 20

A submerged mountain on the ocean floor that is at least 1,000 m high and that has a volcanic origin.

Answer 20

Seamount

Question 21

A steep and long depression in the deep-sea floor that runs parallel to a chain of volcanic islands or a continental margin.

Answer 21

Ocean Trench

Question 22

The mass of mostly microscopic organisms that float or drift freely in freshwater and marine environments.

Answer 22

Plankton

Question 23

All organisms that swim actively in open water, independent of currents.

Answer 23

Nekton

Question 24

The organisms that live at the bottom of the sea or ocean.

Answer 24

Benthos

Question 25

Desalination

Answer 25

A process of removing salt from the ocean water.