Oceanography Review

What is the floor of the continental shelf

• Sharks!

• Jagged rocks

• Sand, mud, rock and THICK sediment

• All of the above

What percent of the ocean covers the Earth?

• 80

• 50

• 20

• 70

What is the main contributor to the formation of waves?

• Earthquakes

• Wind

• Warm water

• Salinity

What produces most of the world's oxygen?

• The Coral Reef

• Plants

• Phytoplankton

• Fish

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

90% of marine life lives here...

• Seamonts

• The ocean

• Trenches

• Continental shelf

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A positive influence on the environment include the following. Check all that apply

• Improve and monitor marine populations

• Ban hunting or harming certain marine populations

• Programs to prevent pollution in our ocean

• Limit catches of stressed populations

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Phytoplankton contributes to which of the following. Check all that apply.

• live primarily on the oceans bottom

• are a base of the ocean's ecosystem

• do not flourish in nutrient rich water

• are eaten by many different types of organisms

• produce much of the Earth's oxygen

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

How is the salinity of water determined?

• Lakes, stream, and estuaries

• Evaporation, runoff, and wind

• The depth of the water

• Pollution, salt. and animal waste

Pressure increase as...

• Depth increases

• Depth decreases

• Waves fall to shore

• The test gets closer!

Abudant life teems on the...

• Abyssal plain

• Trenches

• Seamounts

• Continental shelf