Ocean Review

The shoreline, where the land meets the ocean, is part of the:

• continental slope
• continental shelf
• abyssal plain

The continental shelf is:

• the deepest part of the ocean
• fairly deep
• relatively shallow

The deepest parts of the ocean are:

• ocean trenches
• continental shelves
• mid-ocean ridges

The wide, deep, and flat mid-ocen bottom is the

• abyssal plain
• continental slope
• ocean trench

Tides are mainly the result of the gravitational pull of the

• moon
• sun
• Earth

Ocean flow like rivers in well defined circular patterns called:

• currents
• streams
• seas

The most important organisms of the ocean ecosystem are:

• phytoplankton
• dolphins
• whales

Phytoplankton are plantlike producers that get their energy:

• from the sun
• by eating other organisms 

Most (90%) of marine organisms live in the:

• continental shelf
• ocean trenches
• abyssal zone

A __________ is a river-like movement of water within a larger body of water

• reservoir
• current
• tidal pool