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[CHAPTER 4. WATER AND OCEAN STRUCTURE] Which property gives water an unusually high surface tension resulting in a surface “skin” capable of supporting small objects?

[CHAPTER 1. AN OCEAN WORLD] What information did NASA’s Earth-observing satellite, AQUA, collect to learn about Earth’s water cycle?

[CHAPTER 1. AN OCEAN WORLD]  What was the most important outcome of Matthew Maury’s work

[CHAPTER 3. THE OCEAN FLOOR] Ocean trenches ____.

[CHAPTER 2. PLATE TECTONICS] Which statement about hot spots is true?

[CHAPTER 2. PLATE TECTONICS] Which location is associated with a divergent plate boundary?

[CHAPTER 3. THE OCEAN FLOOR] What type of information can scientists derive from observing deep-ocean cores?     

[CHAPTER 3. THE OCEAN FLOOR] The Pacific coast of South America has many volcanic mountains and a narrow continental shelf. This is an example of ____.

[CHAPTER 1. AN OCEAN WORLD] Stars spend their lives changing its hydrogen and helium to ____.

[CHAPTER 1. AN OCEAN WORLD] What device bounces sound waves off the ocean bottom to study the depth and contours of the seafloor?