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Doodle Puzzle QUIZ: OCEAN FACTS 6. What property of water does salt alter?

1. The oceans cover _______ of the a) freezing point
Looking for some respite from summer’s Earth’s surface. b) boiling point
heat and smoky haze? Maybe a trip the coast a) 60 percent c) both of the above
is the cure. Not able to go? Maybe this issue’s b) 70 percent 7. What are examples of benthos?
Doodle will help. Imagine the cold water and c) 90 percent a) lobsters
fresh, salty sea breeze as you color between 2. Which ocean is the largest? b) small fish
the lines and think about the answers to our a) Pacific Ocean c) shrimp
ocean quiz. b) Atlantic Ocean 8. What do sea sponges eat?
If you need a little help, you can find the c) Indian Ocean a) phytoplankton
answers in the back on page 63. 3. Which ocean basin is the most b) plankton
Send us your finished, colored picture. geologically active? c) waste products from other fish
Whoever sends in the prettiest Doodle submis- a) Pacific Ocean 9. What sea creature may have cancer-
sion wins a $25 cash prize, awarded each issue. b) Atlantic Ocean fighting properties?
Congratulations to Frances Wayment of c) Indian Ocean a) sponge
Jerome, Idaho, for winning last issue’s Doodle 4. Ocean water moves b) sea-squirt
drawing! See Frances’s winning drawing on a) from north to south c) both of the above
page 31. b) from south to north 10. Seaweed compounds are added to
Please mail your entries for all contests to c) in a circular pattern a) beer
the Idaho Senior Independent, 1985 McMannamy 5. What are thermohaline currents? b) ice cream
Draw, Kalispell, MT 59901, or email to: a) cold water currents from the arctic c) both of the above
[email protected] by b) warm water currents from Africa
September 15, 2021 for this edition. c) currents that move up
and down in the ocean