Oceans Quiz

What technology was first used to chart the depth of the ocean?

• Submarines

• Satellites

• Sonar

On the ocean shorelines, the water rises slowly and covers the land twice a day. Then it slowly falls back. What is this movement called?

• Current

• Wave

• Tide

• Rip Current

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Ocean water is different from freshwater because it has __.

• A higher temperature

• A lower temperature

• A lower salinity

• A higher salinity

What is the area at the seashore that is found between high tide’s mark and low tide’s mark?

• Intertidal zone

• Neritic zone

• Mid-ocean zone

Which of these best describes the cause of waves in the ocean?

• High and low tides

• Evaporation of water

• Wind blowing across the surface of the ocean

• Ridges and trenches on the bottom of the ocean

Why do the tides rise and lower twice every day?

• Because deep ocean currents are constantly changing

• Because the position of the Moon compared to Earth is constantly changing

• Because rates of evaporation and precipitation are constantly changing

• Because the direction of the wind over the ocean is constantly changing

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Why does the ocean cover different amounts of the beach at different times of the day, rising high at one point and the falling low 6 hours later?

• Because the moon’s gravity pulls the ocean, causing it to rise and fall

• Because Earth wobbles as it rotates, causing the ocean to rise and fall

• Because ocean currents change, adding and removing sand from the beach

• Because the sand is able to absorb more water as the temperature increases

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Ocean waves always move the water particles forward, even out in the deep  ocean.

• True

• False

A neap tide has the greatest difference between high tide and low tide

• True

• False

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Fresh water is less dense than salt water.

• True

• False