Oceanography Review

What is the study of the oceans called?

• Meteorology

• Marine Biology

• Geology

• Oceanography

What is the deepest point in the ocean known as?

• Challenger Deep

• Marianas Trench

• Abyssal Plain

• Continental Shelf

What ocean floor feature is a gently sloping shelf of land just off the shoreline?

• Abyssal Plain

• Continental Shelf

• Trench

• Continental Slope

What ocean floor feature is the steep, cliff-like drop from the edge of the continent to the ocean floor?

• Trench

• Continental Slope

• Continental Shelf

• Abyssal Plain

What ocean floor feature is the flat bottom of the ocean, very deep and completely dark?

• Continental Slope

• Abyssal Plain

• Trench

• Continental Rise

What happens to the light as you go deeper into the ocean?

• It becomes brighter

• It disappears quickly

• It becomes colorful

• It becomes dimmer

What causes ocean tides?

• Atmospheric winds

• Ocean currents

• Earth's rotation

• Gravitational pull of the moon and sun

What causes ocean currents?

• Atmospheric winds

• Gravitational pull of the moon and sun

• Earth's rotation

• Temperature differences

What is salinity in the context of ocean water?

• The amount of dissolved nutrients

• The amount of dissolved oxygen

• The amount of dissolved salt

• The amount of dissolved minerals

The Gulf Stream is a _ water current along the East Coast of the United States

• Cold

• Warm

• Brackish

• Tide