Oceanography SOL 5.6

Most of the ocean floor is __________.

• abyssal plain
• trench
• continental shelf
• seamounts

Which ocean floor feature is the result of divergent plate boundaries?

• trench
• guyot
• mid-ocean ridge
• continental shelf

Which of the following does not affect salinity?

• precipitation
• river run-off
• evaporation
• tides

Which warm ocean current affects the climate of Virginia?

• Gulf Stream Current
• East Australian Current
• Pacific Current
• African Current

These ocean motions are caused by winds

• tides and waves
• surface currents and waves
• surface and deep water currents
• tides and tsnamis

This increases as depth increases________

• light
• pressure
• temperature

As depth increases, temperature _________

• increases
• stays the same
• decreases

As the amount of light increases, pressure_______

• decreases
• increases
• stays the same

The shallow area at the edges of the continents

• continental shelf
• continental rise
• continental slope
• guyot

valleys cut deep into the ocean floor

• trench
• abyssal plain
• seamounts
• mid-ocean ridges