Ocean Review

Ocean Review

Ocean Layers, Ocean Movement, Salinity and Marine Food Webs

Multiple Choice

Label the parts of the ocean floor. What is the name of part A?

• Continental Rise

• Trench

• Continental Shelf

• Continental Slope

• Abyssal Plain

Multiple Choice

Label the parts of the ocean floor. What is the name of part B?

• Continental Rise

• Trench

• Continental Shelf

• Continental Slope

• Abyssal Plain

Multiple Choice

Label the parts of the ocean floor. What is the name of part C?

• Continental Rise

• Trench

• Continental Shelf

• Continental Slope

• Abyssal Plain

Multiple Choice

Label the parts of the ocean floor. What is the name of part D?

• Continental Rise

• Trench

• Continental Shelf

• Continental Slope

• Abyssal Plain

Multiple Choice

Label the parts of the ocean floor. What is the name of part E?

• Continental Rise

• Trench

• Continental Shelf

• Continental Slope

• Abyssal Plain

Multiple Choice

What causes the ocean waves?

• The moons gravity

• The temperture of the water

• The salinity and temperature of the water

• The wind

Multiple Choice

What causes the tides to rise and fall?

• The moons gravity

• The temperture of the water

• The salinity and temperature of the water

• The wind

Multiple Choice

What causes the surface currents to flow?

• The moons gravity

• The temperture of the water

• The salinity and temperature of the water

• The wind

Multiple Choice

What causes the deep ocean currents to flow?

• The moons gravity

• The temperture of the water

• The salinity and temperature of the water

• The wind

Multiple Choice

What is the highest point of a wave called?

• wave length

• wave trough

• wave height

• wave crest

Multiple Choice

What is the lowest point of a wave called?

• wave length

• wave trough

• wave height

• wave crest

Multiple Choice

What is salinity?

• The ocean's water

• The tempature and depth of the ocean's water

• The amount of sunlight in the ocean's water

• The amount of salt in the ocean's water

Multiple Choice

What is a one of the causes of the level of salinity to change?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Rain Clouds

Multiple Choice

As the depth of ocean water increases, the temperature _______ ?

• increases

• decreases

Multiple Choice

As the depth of ocean water increases, the amount of light __________.

• decreases

• increases

Multiple Choice

Which organism is NOT supplying energy to the Leopard Seal?

• Cod

• Adelie Penguin

• Squid

Multiple Choice

True or False? Phytoplankton (plant-like plankton) are the base of the ocean food web.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which statement best describes the role of phytoplankton in the food web?

• The phytoplankton break down dead plants and animals.

• The phytoplankton are producers that make their own food.

• The phytoplankton are the main source of food for baleen whales and penguins.

Multiple Choice

What do all food chains and all food webs start with?

• Cod

• Nutrients

• Plants

• Energy from the sun