Ocean Quiz Study Guide and Practice

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What drives the water cycle?

• rain

• temperature

• the Sun

• rotation

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What is the name of the layer of the ocean that has the most life? 

• Oceanic
• Twilight
• Sunlight
• Abyss

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This is the deepest part of the ocean basin.

• continental shelf
• trench
• abyssal plain
• mid-ocean ridge

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How many Oceans are there?

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 7

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Identify this Ocean.

• Arctic Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

• Indian Ocean

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This Ocean is the LARGEST Ocean in the world. It covers 1/3 of the Earth's surface. Identify this Ocean.

• Atlantic Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

• Southern Ocean

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This Ocean is the 2nd largest Ocean in the world. Identify this Ocean.

• Indian Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

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This Ocean is the 3rd largest Ocean in the world. It is also the WARMEST Ocean.

• Atlantic Ocean

• Southern Ocean

• Indian Ocean

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This Ocean is the 4th largest Ocean, or the second smallest Ocean in the world. Identify this Ocean.

• Arctic Ocean

• Indian Ocean

• Southern Ocean

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This Ocean is the smallest and shallowest Ocean in the world. Most of the year this Ocean is covered in ice. Identify this Ocean.

• Arctic Ocean

• Southern Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

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In convection, COOL air

• Rises
• Sinks

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In convection, WARM air

• Rises
• Sinks

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What is one role of the ocean in convection?

• to provide a home for animals
• to absorb & release heat
• To surf on
• To drink from

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The Gulf Stream is a current that brings warm ocean water from the south (near Florida) to the north (Europe). What type of heat transfer is this?

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

• Insolation 

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Two types of ocean currents are

• local and global
• sea and land
• surface and deep
• warm and cold

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Surface currents are mainly formed by and driven by the ______.

• The Coriolis Effect
• Cold and Warm Water
• Convection
• Winds

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Regular movements of ocean water formed by density and are far below the surface, are called

_________.

• Warm Currents
• Deep Currents
• Shallow Currents
• Surface Currents

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Ocean water is more dense than fresh water at the same temperature due to differences in _________.

• Wind patterns
•  Lifeforms
• Currents
• Salinity

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Deep Ocean currents are primarily caused by ________.

• temperature and salinity

• wind

• gravity

• precipitation

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The warm, strong current off the coast of Florida is the ____________.

• Gulf Stream

  Current

• California Current
• North Equatorial Current
• Brazil Current

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Salt water is ____________ fresh water.

• more dense than

• less dense than

• the same density as

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Does the gulf stream carry warm or cold water?

• warm water
• cold water

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What step of the water cycle does this picture show?

• Condensation

• Runoff

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

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What continental landform is most like the oceanic landform seamount?

• canyon
• mountain range
• valley
• volcano

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This is the zone of the ocean that is the deepest. 

• abyssal
• trenches 
• midnight
• oceanic

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Which landform is represented by letter C?

• continental shelf
• seamount
• abyssal plain
• trench

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The process when plants release water vapor from their leaves is called _____________.

• precipitation

• evaporation

• transpiration

• condensation

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Which landform is represented by letter B?

• continental slope
• rift zone
• abyssal plain
• mid-ocean ridge

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Which zone will you find the warmest waters? 

• twilight
• abyssal 
• midnight
• sunlight

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Which landform is represented by letter A?

• continental shelf
• continental slope
• abyssal plain
• trench

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When water vapor is cooled and forms droplets of liquid water

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Runoff

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This is the steep slope where the continental shelf drops to the bottom of the ocean floor.

• continental shelf
• continental slope
• abyssal plain
• mid-ocean ridge

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In what zone do animals begin to be bioluminescent?

• Midnight
• Sunlight
• Abyssal
• Twilight

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This is located on either side of the mid-ocean ridge.

• continental shelf
• continental slope
• abyssal plain
• trench

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When water turns into a gas

• condensation 
• evaporation
• precipitation

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The edges of the continents slope down from the shore into the ocean.  This the part of the continent located under the water

• continental shelf
• continental slope
• abyssal plain
• mid-ocean ridge

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In which zone do you find animals that are colorless and have no eyes? 

• Midnight
• Twilight
• Abyssal
• Sunlight

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On the bottom of the ocean, there is a mountain range that divides the ocean floor into two parts.  This area is also known as underwater volcanic mountains.

• continental shelf
• continental slope
• abyssal plain
• mid-ocean ridge

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Which of these is an example of precipitation?

• snow
• air
• clouds
• vapor

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Which oceanic landform is most like the continental landform canyon?

• seamount
• trench
• mid-ocean ridge
• abyssal plain

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Why does most of the ocean life live in or at least visit the ocean surface?  

• that is where the majority of the oxygen and sunlight occurs
• that is where chemo-synthesis occurs and therefore more life
• the water pressure is higher there and is more enjoyable
• the temperatures are colder and most animals need cooler temperatures

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How much of Earth's freshwater is available for use?

• 97%
• 3%
• 2%
• 1%

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What is the name of the layer of the ocean that has the most life?

• Midnight (bathypelagic)

• Twilight (mesopelagic)

• Sunlight (epipelagic zone)

• Abyss (abyssopelagic)

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What part of the water cycle does this picture show?

• condensation
• precipitation
• evaporation

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Animals that can use their bodies to make light are called _______________.

• magic

• shiny

• amazing

• bioluminescent

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How much of our planet's water is saltwater?

• 75%
• 1%
• 99%
• 97%

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As oceans become deeper, the water pressure ___________________.

• increases

• decreases

• stays the same

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Where is groundwater stored?

• in lakes and rivers

• in underground lakes

• in cracks and pores beneath Earth's surface

• in mid-ocean ridges

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Which layer of the ocean starts at 600 feet and extends to 3000 feet?

• sunlight (epipelagic zone)

• twilight (mesopelagic)

• midnight (bathypelagic)

• trenches (hadalpelagic)

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phase change from solid directly to a gas, like when water leaves glacier to cloud

• Sublimation
• Transpiration
• Permeable 
• Infiltration 

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The ocean layers are divided by the amount of __________________ in each layer.

• animals

• salt

• light

• people

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Rain soaks into the ground

• Infiltration
• Condensation
• Throughflow
• Surface runoff

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There’s very little life, immense pressure and absolutely no sunlight in this zone. Name it.

• sunlight (epipelagic zone)

• twilight (mesopelagic)

• midnight (bathypelagic)

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Water flows along the surface. This happens if the ground is very hard or wet which makes it impermeable i.e. water cannot pass through. 

• Throughflow
• Infiltration
• Surface runoff
• Groundwater

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As you move deeper into the water temperature, pressure and salt content change.

• true

• false

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What is the energy source for the water cycle?

• the Sun

• the Earth

• water

• the Moon

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MOST sealife lives in the:

• Sunlight zone

• Twilight zone

• Midnight zone

• Deep zone

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Where is most water found on Earth?

• glaciers
• lakes
• rivers
• oceans

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How much sunlight does the twilight zone get?

• None at all

• Almost as much as the sunlight zone

• A lot in the summer but none in the winter

• The small amount that penetrates the sunlight zone

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What is the deepest zone of the ocean called?

• Sunlight

• Twilight

• Abyss

• Trench

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What is the uppermost zone of the ocean called?

• Sunlight

• Midnight

• Trench

• Twilight

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What is the fourth zone of the ocean called?

• Midnight

• Sunlight

• Abyss

• Trench

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In what zone does approximately 90% of all ocean life live?

• sunlight
• twilight
• midnight