Oceanography Unit Review Quizizz

Which of the following is NOT a challenge of exploring the deep ocean?

• pressure

• cold

• intense heat

• darkness

What CAUSES waves in our oceans:

• gravitational pull of the sun

• gravity

• gravitational pull of the moon

• wind energy

What CAUSES the tides in our oceans:

• wind

• currents

• density differences

• gravitational pull of the moon and sun

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What CAUSES deep ocean currents:

• Wind
• density differences caused by temperature and salinity

• gravitational pull of the sun and moon

• satellites orbiting in outer space

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What CAUSES surface currents?

• wind

• gravitational pull of the moon and sun

• density differences due to temperature and salinity

• the water cycle

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If you are swimming right off the shore you are on the:

• continental shelf

• continental slope

• abyss

• mid ocean ridge

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Underwater mountains are called:

• abyssal hills

• volcanoes

• deep ocean mound

• seamounts

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What causes the wind on Earth?

• the moon

• uneven heating from the sun

• the rotation of the earth

• the gravity of Mars

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Trenches are formed in the ocean because:

• tectonic plates are pulling apart

• transform plate boundaries shift

• one tectonic plate is subducting under another plate

• someone dug a deep ditch down there

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Ocean currents curl due to the rotation of the Earth. This is known as the:

• gravitational effect

• convergence effect

• cornicopia effect

• coriolis effect

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