4.7 Oceans SOL Review

1. The ocean floor’s gradual slope between the continental slope and the abyssal plain.

• Continental Shelf
• Continental Slope
• Continental Rise

2. A term used to describe the amount of salt dissolved in water.

• acidity
• salinity

3. Underwater mountain ranges.

• seamount
• Mid-Ocean Ridge

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

4. The flat surface on the ocean floor

• Continental Shelf
• Abyssal Plain
• Trench
• Continental Rise

5. A steep decline out to sea, bordering the continental shelf.

• Continental Slope
• Continental Rise
• Abyssal Plain

6. Deep underwater valleys.

• Abyssal Plain
• Trench
• Mid-Ocean Ridge

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

7. The part of the continental crust that slowly slopes out into the ocean.

• Continental Shelf
• Continental Slope
• Continental Rise

8. An ocean movement that is controlled by the moon.

• Wave
• Tide

9. An ocean movement that is created when energy is transferred from a source such as the wind to the surface of the water.

• tide
• wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

10. A microscopic floating organism that is a source of food for many ocean animals.

• zooplankton
• plankton

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2