The Water Cycle and Oceans Quiz

The large, flat part of the ocean floor is called the _____________. 

• trench
• continental shelf
• continental slope
• abyssal plain

What is a deep, underwater valley or canyon on the ocean floor?

• seamount
• trench
• continental rise
• continental slope

The total amount of dissolved salts in a sample of water is its

• strength
• salinity
• pressure
• effect

The amount of Earth's water that is salt water is:

• 1%

• 3%

• 70%

• 97%

Which ocean feature is shown by the letter E?

• Volcano

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

• Continental Slope

• Seamount

Where does salt in the ocean come from?

• dissolved rocks and minerals
• Ingles
• The bottom of the ocean
• The ocean s fresh water

A large, flat, almost level area of the deep ocean.

• Abyssal plain

• Seamount

• Continental rise

• Continental shelf

What effect does the sun have on surface water?

• It causes it to boil

• It causes it to rain

• It causes it to sink

• It causes it to evaporate

When water vapor is cooled and forms droplets of liquid water

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Runoff

What is water that flows in rivers and streams into the oceans and lakes?

• evaporating
• condensing
• precipitating
• runoff