Oceans Studyjams quiz -- ocean floor, waves, tides, and currents

What is the flat, vast, deep-sea ocean floor called?

• continental plain

• mid-ocean floor

• abyssal plain

• seascape floor

What is the continental rise?

• the buildup of sediment from the land above, touching the abyssal plain

• the highest underwater mountain range

• the deep slope of the ocean floor beyond the beach (ocean shore)

• the phenomenon of an island forming from a volcano

How deep is the part of the ocean that extends about 50 miles from shore, called the continental shelf? (a)  

• about 100 meters
• about 200 meters
• about 750 meters
• about 1,000 meters

Which feature of the ocean floor is an underwater mountain (choose the correct name)?

• tube worms

• trenches

• sea floor ants

• seamount

Which land feature is the opposite of an ocean trench?

• Mount Everest

• Mississippi River

• Grand Canyon

• Old Faithful

What is an underwater mountain range called?

• continental rise

• mid-ocean ridge

• abyssal range

• continental ridge

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From shore to sea (think about moving in that direction), in what order do these ocean features appear?

• abyssal plain, continental shelf, continental slope, continental rise

• continental rise, continental shelf, abyssal plain, continental slope

• continental shelf, continental slope, continental rise, abyssal plain

• continental slope, continental shelf, abyssal plain, continental rise

Which one if the name for a series of waves that is so powerful it can destroy a city?

• current

• mega wave

• coriolis

• tsunami

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What causes the "push" that you can feel when you're in the ocean?

• currents

• wind

• waves

• coriolis

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Which describes the Coriolis Effect's effect on ocean currents?

• the temperatures on land change deep-water currents

• the gravitational force from the Moon pulls surface currents

• when an underwater volcano erupts, the energy makes a new current

• the wind moves the ocean's surface water and determines surface currents

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