Section 2 Quiz 8.E.1.2 Earth Systems and Structures

The rise and fall of the water level of the oceans is called ___

• Wave
• Tide
• Deep ocean current
• Surface current

Which process does NOT lead to a decrease in the salinity of water?

• runoff from land
• precipitation
• sea ice melting
• evaporation

What happens to pressure as you go deeper into the ocean? 

• increases
• decreases
• stays the same
• doubles

The salt that is in your salt shaker is the same salt that is in our oceans?

• true
• false

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What term is the measure of dissolved salts in water?

• Thermocline
• Salinity
• Saltiness
• Tides

What is density?

• mass-per-unit volume
• mass-per-unit area
• weight-per-unit mass
• weight-per-unit volume

large, flat area of the seafloor that extends across the deepest parts of the ocean basin

• abyssal plain
• salinity
• seawater
• brackish

What is an underwater mountain formed by a volcano?

• trench
• rift zone
• seamount
• mid ocean ridge

What is the steep slope at the edge of the continental shelf?

• seamount
• mid-ocean ridge
• continental slope
• rift zone

Where is the shallowest part of the ocean floor?

• continental slope
• continental shelf
• abyssal plains
• rift zones