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A mixture of salt and fresh water
a) saltish
b) brackish
c) fresh
d) spring

The regular rise and fall of ocean water caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and sun
a) tide
b) wave
c) current
d) estuary

What is the MAIN cause of ocean waves?
a) spinning of the earth
b) moon
c) wind
d) Mr. Little doing cannonballs

What is the river-like movement of water in the ocean?
a) waves
b) currents
c) tides
d) tsunamis

What word describes the SALTINESS of water?
a) freshness
b) bioluminescence
c) density
d) salinity

Tiny algae and animals that float in water and are carried by waves and currents
a) minnows
b) plankton
c) bacteria
d) sponges

What increases as you dive deeper into the ocean?
a) amount of living things
b) water pressure
c) light
d) water temperature

A living thing that gives off light is
a) a freak of nature
b) bioluminescent
c) salinity
d) impossible

The flat, shallow part of the ocean floor near the coast is the continental ________________
a) rise
b) slope
c) shelf
d) coast

The deepest part of the ocean
a) trench
b) abyssal plain
c) continental shelf
d) continental rise

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