Oceans Review

The letter "B" represents what part of the ocean?

• Continental Rise

• Continental Shelf

• Seamounts

• Continental Slope

• Ocean Trench

The letter "C" represents what part of the ocean?

• Continental Rise

• Continental Shelf

• Seamounts

• Continental Slope

• Ocean Trench

The letter "E" represents what part of the ocean?

• Abyssal Plain

• Underwater Mountain Range

• Seamounts

• Continental Slope

• Ocean Trench

What is a deep, underwater valley or canyon on the ocean floor?

• seamount

• trench

• continental rise

• continental slope

Which of these are the deepest parts of the oceans?

• Continental Shelf

• Abyssal Plain

• Ocean Trench

• Continental Rise

____________are caused by the moon’s gravitational pull on the Earth.

• Tides

• Breaker

• Through

• Current

_______________ are flowing streams of water that move continually through the ocean in a specific direction.

• Carrots

• Breakers

• Currents

• Tides

What is the term used to describe the amount of salt dissolved in ocean water?

• Density

• Sediment

• Depth

• Salinity

As oceans become deeper, the water pressure ___________________.

• increases

• decreases

• stays the same

The abyssal plain...

• Is the deepest part of the ocean

• Is an underwater volcano

• Is deeper than any valley on Earth

• Is the flat gently sloping, smooth area of the ocean floor