Oceanography Pretest

Salinity means

• how many fish are in the water
• how much salt is in the water

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Which best describes the continental shelf?

• a flat underwater valley

• a region of mountains in the deep ocean

• a shallow area of sediment near the shore

• a region with high water pressure

Where is the ocean deepest?

• ocean trench
• volcanic island
• abyssal plain 
• mid-ocean ridge

What causes the tides to change?

• rotation of the Earth
• magic
• gravitational pull from the moon
• ocean currents

The large flat region of the ocean floor and also known as the "true" ocean floor is called the

• ocean trench

• continental shelf

• abyssal plain

• seamount

Which of the following ocean features is the name for transitional area between the continental slope and the abyssal plain?

• continental slope

• continental rise

• continental shelf

• abyssal plain

Energy is passed between organisms in an ocean

• producers

• consumers

• food chain

• decomposers

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Organisms that are attached to the ocean floor are

• floating organisms

• swimming organisms

• non-moving organisms

What are the main causes of ocean currents?

• the sun and moon

• wind patterns and differences in water

• tides and currents

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A major warm current in the Atlantic Ocean:

• Pacific Stream

• Arctic Stream

• Gulf Stream

• Antarctic Stream

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