Unit 3: Bathymetry & Ocean Zones TEST_vA

What is another term used for seafloor mapping?

• Bathymetry

• Telemetry

• Biography

• Oceanography

What answer choice best describes a unit of depth in the ocean that is commonly used in countries using the English system of units?

• bathymetry

• sounding

• fathom

• echo sounder

What answer choice best describes a device that transmits sound from a ship to the ocean floor?

• bathymetry

• sounding

• fathom

• echo sounder

This fish pictured is an example of:

• Sessile life
• Benthic life
• Pelagic life
• Aphotic life

This ocean zone includes the deepest trenches, such as the Mariana Trench.. 

• Abyssal
• Pelagic
• Bathyal
• Hadal

The correct order of ocean zones in the aphotic zone, is:

• Aphotic, Abyssal, Bathyal
• Abyssal, Photic, Hadal
• Bathyal, Abyssal, Hadal
• Bathyla, Hadal, Abyssal

The hadal zone is found at point:

• G
• D
• F
• E

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

the area between the high tide and the low tide mark

• benthic zone
• intertidal zone
• pelagic zone
• abyssal zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

organisms that live on or in the bottom

• benthos
• neuston
• littoral
• heterotrophs

the gently sloping shallow sea bed surrounding a continent

• abyssal
• bathyal
• littoral
• continental shelf