Download 11.3 Oceans Terms Review

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Workbook Activity
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Chapter 11, Lesson 3
Oceans: Terms Review
Directions Write the term from the Word Bank that best completes each sentence.
Word Bank
benthos
continental shelf
continental slope
currents
divide
drainage basin
geysers
groundwater
mid-ocean ridge
nekton
porous
reservoir
runoff
salinity
seamount
sinkhole
thermocline
trench
tributary
water cycle
water table
1. Precipitation that sinks into the ground becomes
2.Precipitation that does not sink into the ground or evaporate becomes
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3.Water moving between the atmosphere and the earth's surface is the
_
4.A river that joins another river is a
5. When the roof of a cave collapses, a
forms.
6.The top of the groundwater layer is the
7. Water can sink into the ground because the soil is
8. The land area in which runoff drains into a large river is a
,
9.An artificial lake made by building a dam is a
1
O. A ridge that separates drainage basins is a
11T.he saltiness of water is
12. A deep valley in the ocean floor is a
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13A
. mountain chain on the ocean floor is a ---------------14
Th.
e temperature drops sharply in the
_
15. The part of a continent that extends underwater is the
16A
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dips from a continental shelf down to the ocean floor.
17. An underwater mountain that is often a volcano is a
18O
.cean life includes plankton,------------ and
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19W
. inds cause up-and-down waves as well as flowing ocean streams called
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20G
. roundwater flows out of springs and blasts out of
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