Oceans of the World: Review #1

You would probably use seismic, sonar, and satellite technologies to locate which of the following resources?

• natural gas

• salt

• manganese

• sand

Two divers are swimming in clear ocean water at a depth of 150 m. The first diver is wearing a white wetsuit. When the second diver sees the first diver at that depth, which of the following colors would he see?

• orange

• blue

• violet

• red

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The Salinas River empties into the Pacific Ocean and cuts into the continental shelf, thereby forming which of the following features?

• guyot

• continental margin

• submarine canyon

• oceanic ridge

When the earth, moon, and sun are in a line, the moon's gravity and the sun's gravity work together. Which tide is experienced when this happens?

• low tide

• spring tide

• high tide

• neap tide

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which of the following is a region with steep undersea mountains and deep valleys?

• ocean basin floor

• ocean trench

• ocean ridge

• continental margin

In which environment would you find dolphins?

• pelagic

• sublittoral

• abyssal

• rocky shore

Glue secreted by seaweed or barnacles is an adaption to which of the following environments?

• shallow oceanic

• sublittoral

• deep ocean

• rocky intertidal

A cold-tolerant and salt-tolerant type of crab would likely be found in which part of the ocean?

• surface-mixed zone

• polar zone

• transition zone

• deep zone

A halocline is a boundary between changing regions of which of the following properties?

• sound velocity

• density

• temperature

• salinity

Which of the following currents has a great impact on reshaping the shoreline?

• tidal current

• flood current

• longshore current

• ebb current