What part of the ocean is a submerged border of a continent?
Abyssal Plain
Continental Shelf
Continental Slope
Ocean Basin
Which section represents the abyssal plain?
1
5
2
3
Which section represents the continental shelf?
2
4
1
3
Which number represents the abyssal plain?
7
2
4
5
The continental shelf is shallower, wider and less steep than the -
Continental Slope
Ocean Trench
Continental Divide
Abyssal Plain
Which section represents the continental slope?
1
3
4
2
Which best describes the continental shelf?
A shallow area of sediment near the shore
A flat underwater valley
A region with a higher water pressure
A region of mountains in the deep ocean
Which section has the highest water pressure, lowest water temperature, and least living things
2
4
1
3
Which is the deepest part of the ocean?
Continental Shelf
Ocean Trenches
Continental Slope
Abyssal Plains
Ocean water is...
Spring Water
Fresh Water
Brakish Water
Salt Water
High and low tides on the coast are caused by mostly by --
Underwater Earthquakes
the tilt of the Earth
storms over the ocean
the gravity from the moon
What do the arrows on the map represent?
Ocean Currents
Water Density
Size of waves
Time between tides
How does the depth of the ocean affect how much light that part of the ocean receives?
The ocean gets lighter as it gets deeper
There is no connection between light and depth in the ocean
The more shallow the ocean the darker it appears
The deeper the ocean is, the darker it gets
Ocean currents are caused by ...
Salinity
Swimming Animals
Wind
Changes in temperature
Sailors long ago would catch a current off the coast of Virginia. This current would help them
Get to Southern Africa
Get to Central America
Get to Europe
Get to South America
When water evaporates from the ocean
the water is polluted
fresh water is left behind
salt is left behind
salt evaporates into the air
