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What happens to the salinity of the ocean when rain falls.
a) it goes up
b) it goes down
c) it stays the same
d) it moves side to side

What happens to the salinity of ocean water when the polar ice caps freeze
a) it goes up
b) it goes down
c) it stays the same
d) it moves side to side

What happens to the salinity of ocean water in the evaporation process
a) it goes up
b) it goes down
c) it stays the same
d) it moves side to side

The measure of the amount of mass in a given volume of a substance
a) Salinity
b) temperature
c) weight
d) density

The amount of dissolved salt in water
a) Saltiness
b) Salinity
c) sweetness
d) Sanity

The movement of water in regular patterns below the surface of the oceans.
a) Ocean Currents
b) Surface Currents
c) Deep Ocean Currents
d) Electrical Currents

What are the 2 things that drive deep currents
a) density and gravity
b) gravity and salinity
c) salinity and density
d) Wind Currents and salinity

What is NOT a cause of deep ocean current deflection
a) topography
b) Coriolis effect
c) sea life
d) continents

What are 2 things that cause the density of the ocean to change
a) salinity and gravity
b) gravity and temperature
c) gravity and density
d) temperature and salinity

What is NOT a reason deep ocean currents form and move
a) Wind currents
b) Density of water molecules
c) Temperature of water
d) Coriolis Effect

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