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6. What is the Benthic zone?
- Sea floor - any part of the sediment
- Shallow water overlying continental shelf - 200m
- Deep water in open ocean beyond shelf break
7. What range is the pH of sea water?
8. What is depth is the photic zone?
- Top 150m
- Top 100m
- Top 200m
- Top 50m
9. Water gets less dense the deeper you go through the water column
10. The ocean is important in distributing heat and governs weather systems
11. What is the salinity of sea water?
12. A big circular currents that goes around parts of our ocean basins is called?
- Gyre circulation
- Gun circulation
- Basin circulation
- Byre circulation
13. The total amount of water on the earth and in the atmosphere does not change
14. Cold and salty water is
- Dense & lower down the water column
- Not dense & higher up in the water column
15. What is the Neritic zone?
- Shallow water overlying continental shelf - 200m
- Deep water in open ocean beyond shelf break
- Sea floor - any part of the sediment
16. Warm freshwater is
- Not dense & higher up in the water column
- Dense & lower down the water column
17. Evaporating water increases or decreases salinity?
18. What is the study of ground water called?
- Hydroyology
- Hydrogeology
- Hydrology
19. The most abundant salt in the sea is
20. The Neritic zone and the Oceanic zone divide up what?
- The Pelagic zone
- The water column
- The Benthic zone