Ocean Water Answers

You are on a flight to Los Angeles, California. As the plane gets ready to land, it flies out over a large body of water. You look out the window and can see only water in the distance. You are over an ocean.Which ocean can you see?

open-ocean zoneneritic zone✔ intertidal zone

open-ocean zone✔ neritic zoneintertidal zone

✔ open-ocean zoneneritic zoneintertidal zone

Where does the salt in oceans come from?

Which section of the ocean floor makes up half of the surface of Earth?

Which feature of the ocean floor results when one plate is pulled under another?

Which phrases describe the open-ocean zone? Check all that apply.very little sunlightfew nutrientslow temperatureslow densitylocated near coasts

One day, while walking along the coast, you encounter the area pictured here. You notice that most of the water is gone at low tide and that an abundance of life lives in this area.To which ocean zone does this area belong?

You are on a flight to Los Angeles, California. As the plane gets ready to land, it flies out over a large body of water. You look out the window and can see only water in the distance. You are over an ocean.Which ocean can you see?

Where does the salt in oceans come from?

Which section of the ocean floor makes up half of the surface of Earth?

Which feature of the ocean floor results when one plate is pulled under another?

open-ocean zoneneritic zone✔ intertidal zone

open-ocean zone✔ neritic zoneintertidal zone

✔ open-ocean zoneneritic zoneintertidal zone

Which phrases describe the open-ocean zone? Check all that apply.very little sunlightfew nutrientslow temperatureslow densitylocated near coasts

One day, while walking along the coast, you encounter the area pictured here. You notice that most of the water is gone at low tide and that an abundance of life lives in this area.To which ocean zone does this area belong?