Chp 5 Assessment

Kelp forests grow in the

• deep zone

• intertidal zone

• surface zone

• neritic zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Organisms in the deep ocean that produce their own light are called

• bioluminescent

• hydrothermal

• benthic

• nertic

A nearly flat region of the ocean floor, covered with thick layers of sediment

• seamount

• abyssal plain

• mid-ocean ridge

• continental slope

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Sea-floor spreading occurs in places where two plates are

• motionless

• breaking the surface

• converging

• diverging

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

As ocean water in a tide pool warms and evaporates, the remaining water becomes

• darker

• calmer

• saltier

• cooler

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Freshwater from rivers mixes with salty ocean water

• abyssal plain

• hydrothermal vent

• estuary

• transition zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Most ocean pollution comes from

• the air

• the land

• ocean organisms

• below the surface

The most common plant in a salt marsh is

• cordgrass

• kelp

• mangrove forest

• algae

A deep canyon in the ocean floor is called a(n)

• abyssal plain

• continental shelf

• seamount

• trench

The area that stretches from the highest-tide line on land to the lowest tide is called

• deep zone

• estuary zone

• neritic zone

• intertidal zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4