Dynamic Planet B

What type of tide does this represent?

• Neap

• Full

• High

• Spring

What type of tide will occur at 9:30 a.m.?

• low 
• high 
• none
• high and low

Tides are the cycle of rising and falling of ocean water that repeats automatically every

• 24 hours

• 12.5 hours

• 25 hours

• 6.25 hours

What type of rock makes up most of the oceanic crust?

• Sedimentary

• Basalt

• Metamorphic

• Limestone

Why is there high salinity in the Mediterranean Ocean?

• precipitation
• evaporation
• volcanoes
• deposition

Upwelling is most likely to occur in what area?

• in a deep sea trench
• in a shallow gulf
• along a coastline
• in open ocean

Continental shorelines generally have a milder climate than locations inland at the same latitude because

• ocean water acting as a conductor of heat

• land has a greater storage of heat

• ocean water stores and releases heat more slowly than land

• land masses release heat slower than land

The Chesapeake Bay is a(n)-

• estuary
• reservoir
• ocean front
• continental slope

An estuary is an area where-

• there is only fresh water
• there is only salt water
• pond water and river water mix
• fresh water and salt water mix

Where is the ocean deepest?

• ocean trench
• volcanic island
• abyssal plain 
• mid-ocean ridge