Oceans

Question 1

Pacific Ocean

Answer 1

an ocean bordered by the American continents, Asia, and Australia: largest ocean in the world; divided by the equator into the North.

Question 2

Atlantic Ocean

Answer 2

an ocean bounded by North America and South America in the Western Hemisphere and by Europe and Africa in the Eastern Hemisphere.

Question 3

Indian Ocean

Answer 3

an ocean bordered by Africa in the west, Asia in the north, and Australia in the east and merging with the Antarctic Ocean in the south.

Question 4

Arctic Ocean

Answer 4

An ocean N of North America, Asia, and the Arctic Circle.

Question 5

Southern Ocean

Answer 5

Another name for the Antarctic Ocean.

Question 6

Salinity

Answer 6

a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.

Question 7

Surface Zone

Answer 7

Surface of the ocean.

Question 8

Thermocline

Answer 8

a layer of water in an ocean or certain lakes, where the temperature gradient is greater than that of the warmer layer above and the colder layer below.

Question 9

Deep Zone

Answer 9

Transcript of Deep Zone Ocean.

Question 10

Water Cycle

Answer 10

the cycle of processes by which water circulates between the earth’s oceans, atmosphere, and land, involving precipitation as rain and snow, drainage in streams and rivers, and return to the atmosphere by evaporation and transpiration