Benchmark 3 Review

1.  Which example is a hypothesis?

• How much water should each plant get?

  
  

• If plants are given carbonate water, then they will grow taller than plants given 

  regular water.

  
  

• The carbonated water only comes in packages of 12 bottles.

  
  

• The plants given carbonated water grew about the same height as the plants given 

  regular water.

  
  

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1.  Which statements are true about the ocean?  Select all that apply

• The depth of the ocean floor varies

  
  

• The salinity of the ocean water is the same everywhere

• As the depth increases, the temperature of the ocean water decreases

  
  

• The Gulf Stream travels mainly on the bottom of the ocean floor.

  
  

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The images represents a

• divergent boundary

• convergent boundary

• transform boundary

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The images represents a

• divergent boundary

• convergent boundary

• transform boundary

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The images represents a

• divergent boundary

• convergent boundary

• transform boundary

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 How does the depth of the ocean affect how much light that part of the ocean receives?

• The deeper the ocean, the less light it receives
• The deeper the ocean, the more light it receives
• The depth of the ocean does not affect the amount of light it receives
• The amount of light the ocean receives is determined by the temperature of the water, not its depth

Label the parts of the ocean:

b

a

Continental Shelf

Abyssal Plain

Label the parts of the ocean:

a

b

Continental Rise

Ocean Trench

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Label the parts of the ocean:

a

b

Continental Slope

Mid-Ocean Ridge

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1.  Which phrase best describes salinity?

• The sweetness of a substance
• The acidity of a substance
• The saltiness or dissolved salt content of a body of water
• The bitterness of a substance