Oceans for 5th grade

What is a underwater flat surface on the ocean floor?

• volcano

• continental rise

• seamount

• Abyssal plains

what is a deep underwater ditch called?

• guyots

• trench

• Continental slope

• continental rise

What is a example of a continental shelf

• gentle incline

• sloping region

• underwater land mass

• underwater ditch

Salinity is the amount of ___________ in the ocean.

• Carbon Dioxide

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

• Salt

The earth is covered with approximately what percentage of water?

• 60

• 70

• 80

• 90

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Name the floor feature: connects the land continent to the ocean

• Seamount

• Continental Rise

• Continental Slope

• Continental Shelf

Which current affects the Eastern United States and Western Europe?

• The Mid-Atlantic Current

• The Gulf of Mexico Current

• The Gulf Stream Current

• The Golf Current

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is a close to the continental slope?

• continental shelf

• trench

• seamount

• continental rise

What are underwater mountain ranges called?

• continental shelf
• mid-ocean ridges
• abyssal plains
• continental slopes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is an underwater mountain formed by a volcano?

• trench
• rift zone
• seamount
• mid ocean ridge