Earth's Waters

The bottom of the ocean is too cold for living organisms.

• true

• false

What is the huge, flat area of the ocean floor called?

• seamounts

• trenches

• abyssal plain

• continental shelf

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The gradually sloping area at the edge of the ocean is called:

• abyssal plain

• continental slope

• continental shelf

• Galapagos Rift

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which ocean is located at point D?

• Pacific

• Atlantic

• Southern

• Indian

Which ocean is located at point A?

• Arctic

• Southern

• Pacific

• Atlantic

Which of following is the world's largest ocean? 

• Indian
• Pacific
• Artic
• Atlantic

What is salinity?

• the amount of sodium in liquid
• the amount of water that has evaporated
• the amount of dissolved salts in a liquid
• the amount of solids in a liquid

the base of the continental slope

• Continental Shelf
• Continental Slope
• Continential Rise
• Abyssal Plain

Mountains on the ocean floor that can turn into volcanic islands are called

• Ocean Trench
• Rift Valley
• Seamounts
• Mid-Ocean Ridge

When one ocean  plate is forced underneath another one a(n) forms _________________________.

• Ocean Trench
• Rift Valley
• Seamounts
• Mid-Ocean Ridge

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3