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611 U6 Oceans assessment

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1. What is the salinity of seawater? 

1.5% 

3.5%

5.5%

10%

2. What is the most abundant salt in the sea? A. B.  C.  D. 

calcium chloride

potassium chloride

magnesium chloride

sodium chloride

The rapid change in temperature that occurs as the depth of the ocean increases is called 

trophic level

aphotic zone

transitional phase

thermocline

what is density?

mass per unit volume

weight per mass

mass per unit area

weight per volume

most ocean water is located in which zone?

mixed water

surface zone

transition zone

deep zone

Which of the following is NOT a zone in the three-layered structure of the ocean relating to
density?

surface zone

transition zone

deep zone 

intertidal zone

Which of the following best describes the ocean bottom?

cold, dark

quiet

increasingly high pressure

all of these

the smallest tidal range occurs during which type of tide?

spring tide

neap tide

flood tide

ebb tide

when is the daily tidal range greatest?

spring tide

neap tide

flood tide

ebb tide

Which of the following is visible evidence of energy passing through water?

wave

Coriolis effect

sea arch

density tide

The energy that drives surface ocean currents comes from ____.

wind

wave action

temperature declines

salinity variations

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B

C

D

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B

C

D

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D