Ocean Review

Front

An underwater _________________is a mountain or volcano.

Back

seamount

Front

Your teacher takes you on a field trip to Virginia Beach.  When you are jumping the waves with your classmates you are playing on the __________________________.

Back

continental shelf

Front

Thee deeper you go in the ocean light and temperature decrease while pressure ___________________.

Back

increases

Front

A scuba diver can not go down too far in to the ocean because the amount of  ___________________ is too great.

Back

pressure

Front

The abyssal plain is  _____________ and covers half of the deep ocean floor.

Back

flat

Front

The _____________________is conected to the continent and the continental slope, it is also covered with sediment.

Back

continental shelf

Front

What causes surface currents?

Back

wind

Front

__________ ocean currents are caused by differences in salinity and temperature.

Back

deep

Front

TRUE or FALSE
The ocean floor is always a flat bed of sand and is covered by the same amount of water everywhere.

Back

FALSE

Front

TRUE or FALSE
The ocean covers less area than land.

Back

FALSE