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What ocean zones based on the distance from the land and the depth of the ocean floor are the?
Intertidal zone, coastal ocean, and open ocean.
What is depth as it is relating to the ocean?
Depth is a measure of distance between the surface and the ocean floor.
What are the three main vertical divisions of he ocean based on the depth and distance from the shore?
The Intertidal zone, Coastal Ocean, and The Open Ocean.
What are the three main vertical divisions of the oceans based on the depth and distance from the shore?
The Intertidal zone, Coastal Ocean, and the Open Ocean
Where is ocean floor at the greatest water depth?
the middle, between the ocean
What is the general depth of an ocean trench compared to the ocean floor?
True
Oceanographers can use sonar to calculate the depth of the ocean floor because?
sound waves can penetrate the ocean floor.
What are the 3 main vertical divisions of the ocean based in the depth and distance from the shore?
The three main vertical divisions of the ocean based on depth and distance from the shore are the intertidal zone, the pelagic zone, and the benthic zone. The intertidal zone is the area between high and low tide, where organisms are exposed to air at low tide. The pelagic zone encompasses the open water column, divided into layers such as the epipelagic (sunlit surface) and deeper zones. The benthic zone refers to the ocean floor, including the seabed and the organisms living there, regardless of depth.
What are the three main vertical divisions of the ocean based on the depth and distance from the shore?
The Intertidal zone, Coastal Ocean, and the Open Ocean
What instrument measure the depth of the ocean using sound waves?
A device called a echo sounder or sonar is used to measure the depth of the ocean using sound waves. Sound waves are emitted from the instrument and the time taken for the sound waves to bounce back from the ocean floor is used to calculate the depth.
Does the thickness of ocean floor sediments decrease with distance from an ocean ridge?
yes
What technique uses sound waves to measure the depth of the ocean floor?
Sonar.
