5.6 Oceans

Which part of the ocean floor is represented by letter C?

• Continental Shelf

• Continental Slope

• Continental Rise

• Ocean Trench

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Which letter represents the mid-ocean ridge?

• B

• A

• F

• E

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Which of these organisms would be LOWEST on the ocean food chain?

• Shark

• Dolphin

• Big Fish

• Zooplankton

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The deeper you go in the ocean....

• Pressure increases and it gets colder and darker.

• pressure decreases and it gets colder and darker

• pressure increases and it gets warmer and brighter

• it gets wetter.

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Waves in the ocean are mostly caused by...

• Earthquakes

• Currents

• Tides

• Wind

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Lyntreal went fishing last week and noticed that the tide went out while he was there. What caused this to happen?

• Gravitational pull from the Moon and Sun

• A rain storm

• Currents and waves

• Deep Ocean Trenches

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Which of the following bodies of water have a high salinity? (contain salt water)

• Pond

• Lake

• River

• Ocean

Which of these describes the continental shelf?

• It's dark, deep and cold.

• There is very little life on it.

• It is the submerged border of a continent.

• It is formed when two tectonic plates pull away from each other.

Which of the following best describes the abyssal plane

• It is very flat and very deep.

• It is warm and shallow, and contains the most life.

• It is caused by underwater volcanoes.

• It has a very steep drop, like a ski slope.

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TIny, plant-like organisms that live in the ocean and create much of the world's oxygen are called:

• Zooplankton

• Fish

• Phytoplankton, or algae

• Seaweed

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