Groundwater

Question 1

Where does the salt in oceans come from?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

rocks and minerals on land

Question 2

open-ocean zone✔ neritic zoneintertidal zone

Revolt · Accepted Answer

neritic zone

Question 3

✔ open-ocean zoneneritic zoneintertidal zone

Revolt · Accepted Answer

open-ocean zone

Question 4

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

abyssal plain

Question 5

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

trench

Question 6

open-ocean zoneneritic zone✔ intertidal zone

Revolt · Accepted Answer

intertidal zone

Question 7

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

very little sunlight; few nutrients; low temperatures

Question 8

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?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

intertidal zone

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