Water Test Review

Which 2 elements are the most abundant in the ocean?

• sodium and potassium

• potassium and chlorine

• sodium and chlorine

• sulfur and chlorine

What causes surface currents?

• flooding

• wind

• cold water

• equator

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A valley where the ocean floor returns to the mantle (Very deep) is a(n) _________.

• ocean trench

• abyssal plain

• seamount

• volcanic island

Which ocean is the smallest?

• Arctic Ocean

• Southern Ocean

• Indian Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

What is the lowest point of a wave?

• crest

• trough

• wavelength

• waveheight

When an ocean current makes contact with a continent/land, what happens?

• It deflects (changes direction)

• It speeds up

• It sinks

• It rises up to the surface

Which ocean is the largest?

• Arctic Ocean

• Southern Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

True or False: Warm water currents can effect coastal climates by warming them up due to them bringing warm waters/moisture to higher latitudes.

• True

• False

What is letter C?

• Abyssal plain

• Seamount

• Continental Shelf

• Trench

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge an example of on the ocean floor?

• seamount

• rift valley

• trench

• mid-ocean ridge