Quiz about 4.7 Oceans SOL Review

Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

salinity

Answer

acidity

Question 2

3.  Underwater mountain ranges.

Accepted Answer

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Answer

seamount

Question 3

4. The flat surface on the ocean floor

Accepted Answer

Abyssal Plain

Answer

Continental Shelf

Answer

Trench

Answer

Continental Rise

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

Continental Slope

Answer

Continental Rise

Answer

Abyssal Plain

Question 5

6.  Deep underwater valleys.

Accepted Answer

Trench

Answer

Abyssal Plain

Answer

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

Continental Shelf

Answer

Continental Slope

Answer

Continental Rise

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

Tide

Answer

Wave

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

wave

Answer

tide

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

plankton

Answer

zooplankton

Question 10

11.  An ocean movement that is caused by wind and can influence climates around the world.

Accepted Answer

current

Answer

wave

Answer

tide

Question 11

12.  What type of ocean ecosystem would you find around the northern polar region of the world?

Accepted Answer

Arctic Ocean

Answer

Antarctic Ocean

Answer

Kelp Forest

Answer

Coral Reef

Question 12

13.  Which of the following is NOT an adaptation of animals living in the deep sea?

Accepted Answer

A body with bright colors

Answer

A keen sense of smell

Answer

bioluminescence

Answer

no eyes

Question 13

14.  About how much of the Earth is covered with ocean?

Accepted Answer

71%

Answer

55%

Answer

40%

Answer

30%

Question 14

15.  Which of the following organisms is at the top of an ocean food chain?

Accepted Answer

shark

Answer

lobster

Answer

plankton

Answer

cod

Question 15

16.  Which of the following creates surface currents?

Accepted Answer

Wind and storms

Answer

The temperature of the water

Answer

salinity

Answer

Gravitational pull of the moon

Question 16

17. What is the main cause of wind currents?

Accepted Answer

Wind patterns and differences in water

Answer

wind and gravitational pull

Question 17

18.  Tides are controlled by...

Accepted Answer

gravitational pull of the moon

Answer

salinity

Answer

wind and storms

Answer

temperature

Question 18

19.  Which of the following is an ocean current that borders the east coast of the United States?

Accepted Answer

Gulf Stream

Answer

Equatorial Current

Answer

North Atlantic Current

Answer

Jet Stream

Question 19

20. An ocean is a large body of ___ that borders large land masses.

Accepted Answer

salt water

Answer

fresh water

Question 20

22.  Which of the following can be found in the most shallow parts of the ocean?

Accepted Answer

Continental Shelf

Answer

Continental rise

Answer

Trench

Answer

Abyssal plain

Question 21

23.  What do you call an ocean volcano?

Accepted Answer

Seamount

Answer

Trench

Answer

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Answer

Continental slope

Question 22

24.  Label the Ocean Floor:   
What is A?

Accepted Answer

continental shelf

Answer

Continental Slope

Question 23

25.  Label the Ocean Floor:   
What is B?

Accepted Answer

continental slope

Answer

Abyssal Plain

Question 24

26.  Label the Ocean Floor:   
What is C?

Accepted Answer

Continental Rise

Answer

Trench

Question 25

27.  Label the Ocean Floor:   
What is D?

Accepted Answer

Abyssal Plain

Answer

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Question 26

28.  Label the Ocean Floor:   
What is E?

Accepted Answer

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Answer

Seamount

Question 27

29.  Label the Ocean Floor:   
What is F?

Accepted Answer

Trench

Answer

MId-Ocean Ridge

Question 28

30.  Label the Ocean Floor:   
What is G?

Accepted Answer

Seamount

Answer

Continental Rise

Question 29

Ocean trenches are very deep parts of the ocean.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 30

Salinity decreases as the depth of water increases.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 31

The ocean floor is flat.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 32

The depth of the ocean affects the amount of light and temperature.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 33

Most marine organisms are found in the continental shelf.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 34

Much of the ocean floor is covered in _____, or thick layers of sand, mud, and bits of rock.

Accepted Answer

sediments

Answer

diamonds

Question 35

What is the ocean water mostly mad of ?

Accepted Answer

gases, water, and dissolved solids

Answer

sediments, rocks, and minerals

Question 36

What does not affect the salinity of ocean water?

Accepted Answer

a ship passing by

Answer

how fast the water evaporates

Answer

a nearby iceberg melting

Answer

land runoff entering the ocean

Question 37

Two ways that ocean water moves include ___ and ___.

Accepted Answer

currents and tides

Answer

waves and wind

Question 38

____ are the rise and fall of ocean waters.

Accepted Answer

Tides

Answer

Currents

Question 39

Tides are the rise and fall of ocean waters caused by the gravitational pull of the ___ and ___.

Accepted Answer

moon and sun

Answer

earth and sun

Question 40

Energy is passed between organisms in an ocean ___.

Accepted Answer

food chain

Answer

food web

Question 41

use energy from the sun to maker their own food.

Accepted Answer

porducers

Answer

consumers

Question 42

get their energy by eating other organisms.

Accepted Answer

consumers

Answer

producers

4.7 Oceans SOL Review

44 questions

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

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

3. Underwater mountain ranges.

4. The flat surface on the ocean floor

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

6. Deep underwater valleys.

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

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

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

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

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