Quiz about Oceans Test Prep

Question 1

The ocean floor is not flat. There are many interesting features and landforms found in the ocean. See if you can label these landforms of the ocean floor. What is the landform at number 1?

Accepted Answer

continental shelf

Answer

continental slope

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abyssal plain

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rift zone

Question 2

The ocean floor is not flat. There are many interesting features and landforms found in the ocean. See if you can label these landforms of the ocean floor. What is the landform at number 2?

Accepted Answer

continental slope

Answer

continental shelf

Answer

abyssal plain

Answer

rift zone

Question 3

The ocean floor is not flat. There are many interesting features and landforms found in the ocean. See if you can label these landforms of the ocean floor. What is the landform at number 3?

Accepted Answer

abyssal plain

Answer

continental shelf

Answer

continental slope

Answer

rift zone

Question 4

The ocean floor is not flat. There are many interesting features and landforms found in the ocean. See if you can label these landforms of the ocean floor. What is the landform at number 4?

Accepted Answer

rift zone

Answer

continental shelf

Answer

continental slope

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abyssal plain

Question 5

The ocean labeled 1 in the map that is located between California and Japan is called the

Accepted Answer

Pacific Ocean

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Artic Ocean

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Indian Ocean

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Atlantic Ocean

Question 6

Trenches in the ocean are

Accepted Answer

the deepest part of the ocean.

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close to the shore.

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on the continental shelf.

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part of the intertidal zone.

Question 7

Sequence the seafloor features as you move from the shoreline outward into the ocean.

Accepted Answer

continental shelf - continental slope - abyssal plain

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continental slope - abyssal plain - mid-ocean ridge

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continental slope - continental shelf - abyssal plain

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continental shelf - continental slope - mid-ocean ridge

Question 8

There are three major oceans on Earth. They are the

Accepted Answer

Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans

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Atlantic, Pacific, and African Oceans

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Atlantic, Arctic, and Antarctic Oceans

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Atlantic, Pacific, and Indonesian Oceans

Question 9

Which two oceans are covered with large expanses of sea ice?

Accepted Answer

Arctic and Antarctic Oceans

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Arctic and Indian Oceans

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Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

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Atlantic and Antarctic Oceans

Question 10

The deepest place in the seafloor is called the

Accepted Answer

Marianas Trench.

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abyssal plain.

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Aleutian Trench.

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hydrothermal vent.

Question 11

On the continents, land that rises high above the ground is called a mountain. In the oceans, mountain ranges that are created by magma are called -

Accepted Answer

mid-ocean ridges.

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deltas.

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abyssal plains.

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continental shelves.

Question 12

The Grand Canyon, as seen here, can be compared to a(n) __________ under the Earth's oceans.

Accepted Answer

trench

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abyssal plain

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mid-ocean ridge

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continental shelf

Question 13

How can you BEST describe the continental shelf?

Accepted Answer

The continental shelf is an extension of the continent under the ocean water.

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The continental shelf is very deep.

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The continental shelf is the same width around the edges of the continents

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The continental shelf is the part of the continent located above the water.

Question 14

Mid-ocean ridges are underwater mountainous regions formed by the separation of ___________.

Accepted Answer

tectonic plates

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tsunamis

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continental divides

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subatomic particles

Question 15

A mid-oceanic ridge might be compared to what continental landform?

Accepted Answer

mountain range

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delta

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great plains

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mountain valley

Question 16

Technological advances had helped reveal that the ocean floor was not flat, as once believed, but instead was marked by high ridges and deep trenches. How do scientists explain why, if new crust is constantly being formed from volcanic materials at the ridges, Earth's crust stays the same size?

Accepted Answer

Scientists found that the youngest oceanic crust is located nearest the mid-ocean ridge and divergent

boundary and the oldest crust is at subduction zones where it sinks back into the Earth.

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Seafloor spreading is the cause of new crust being added. Old crust crumbles and forms mountains

throughout the Earth's surface. Mountains keep growing.

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Scientists hypothesize that new crust is the result of volcanic activity throughout the Earth's surface

and older magma is destroyed as it subducts during earthquakes into Earth's mantle.

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Scientists found that the oldest oceanic crust is located nearest the mid-ocean ridge and forms from

volcanic activity;the youngest crust is nearest the trenches and it comes from magma flowing up to

Earth's surface..

Question 17

The word tides is the term used to define the alternating rise and fall in sea level with respect to the land, produced by the gravitational attraction between the Earth and its moon. Tides vary with the moon phase. Which tide occurs during the moon phase 1 and 2 in the image?

Accepted Answer

Spring tide

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Neap tide

Question 18

The word tides is the term used to define the alternating rise and fall in sea level with respect to the land, produced by the gravitational attraction between the Earth and its moon. Tides vary with the moon phase. Which tide occurs during the moon phase 3 and 4 in the image?

Accepted Answer

Neap tide

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Spring tide

Question 19

Match the following description to the correct tide type:

Lower than average high tides occur during the first quarter and third quarter moon phases

Accepted Answer

Neap Tides

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Daily Tides

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Spring Tides

Question 20

Match the following description to the correct tide type:

Higher than average high tides occur during the new moon and full moon phases

Accepted Answer

Spring Tides

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Daily Tides

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Neap Tides

Question 21

Match the following description to the correct tide type:

The regular pattern of two high tides and two low tides that occur within a 24-hour period

Accepted Answer

Daily Tides

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Spring Tides

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Neap Tides

Question 22

The Sun's unequal heating of the ocean causes -

Accepted Answer

currents

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cyclones

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tides

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wind

Question 23

Some ocean currents are caused by differences in the density of water from place to place around the globe. What two factors cause differences in ocean water density?

Accepted Answer

differences in water temperature and amount of dissolved salts

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differences in water temperature and wind

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differences in water temperature and phases of the moon

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differences in the amount of dissolved salts and gravity

Question 24

_______ is the cause of most ocean surface currents.

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The wind

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Gravity

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The Moon

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Earth's orbit

Question 25

Which factor is MOST responsible for the ocean tides?

Accepted Answer

the moon's gravity

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the wind

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earthquakes

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density differences in the water

Question 26

Large waves, called __________, are different from surface waves and are usually caused by underwater earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, or landslides.

Accepted Answer

tsunamis

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swells

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breakers

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capillary waves

Question 27

Large tides, called spring tides, are experienced in the Earth's oceans when the Moon is in position

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A and C

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A

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B

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B and D

Question 28

Neap tides, relatively weak tides, occur when the Moon is in position(s)

Accepted Answer

B and D

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A

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B

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A and C

Question 29

Which statement BEST describes why warm ocean currents are usually surface currents?

Accepted Answer

Warm water is less dense than cold water.

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Ocean tides bring warm water to the surface.

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Warm water contains more salt than cold water.

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Ocean water loses heat to the air at the surface.

Question 30

Which factor MOST directly affects the flow of ocean currents?

Accepted Answer

differences in temperature

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differences in pressure

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Earth's revolution round the Sun

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the Moon's revolution round Earth

Question 31

A girl observes waves at the beach. She notices that the distance between the high point on each wave looks the same. What do we call this distance?

Accepted Answer

wavelength

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amplitude

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frequency

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period

Question 32

Find the Kuroshio current in the map. The Kuroshio current is analogous to the Gulf stream in the Atlantic Ocean. What type of circulation pattern do you see in both currents and why?

Accepted Answer

Both transport warm, tropical water northward toward the polar region. The uneven heat energy

balance on Earth is responsible for uneven heating of water throughout Earth's latitudes.

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Both currents create convection cells in the Northern hemisphere due to the changes in wind patterns

as one progresses north through the latitudes.

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Both currents transport ocean waters from west to east. The movement associated with these

currents is due to Earth's spin on its axis and the Coriolis effect

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Both transport cold, denser water north to the polar regions. Unequal heating of the oceans causes

cold, dense water to travel north and warm, less dense water to travel south.

Oceans Test Prep

32 questions

The ocean floor is not flat. There are many interesting features and landforms found in the ocean. See if you can label these landforms of the ocean floor. What is the landform at number 1?

The ocean floor is not flat. There are many interesting features and landforms found in the ocean. See if you can label these landforms of the ocean floor. What is the landform at number 2?

The ocean floor is not flat. There are many interesting features and landforms found in the ocean. See if you can label these landforms of the ocean floor. What is the landform at number 3?

The ocean floor is not flat. There are many interesting features and landforms found in the ocean. See if you can label these landforms of the ocean floor. What is the landform at number 4?

The ocean labeled 1 in the map that is located between California and Japan is called the

Trenches in the ocean are

Sequence the seafloor features as you move from the shoreline outward into the ocean.

There are three major oceans on Earth. They are the

Which two oceans are covered with large expanses of sea ice?

The deepest place in the seafloor is called the

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