Oceans Review

Virginia borders what ocean?

• Pacific

• Southern

• Atlantic

• Arctic

An ocean is

• a large body of salt water that borders land masses

• a large body of fresh water that borders land masses

• a large body of salt water surrounded by land on all sides

• a natural stream that flows into a lake

The deepest part of the ocean is called

• continental shelf

• abyssal plain

• sea mounts

• ocean trenches

The ______________________ is a warm Atlantic Ocean current that begins in the Gulf of Mexico.

Gravitation pull of the moon is calle

• tides

• currents

A body of water moving in a certain direction

• tides

• currents

Low and high

• tides

• currents

Warm and cold

• tides

• currents

What factors affect ocean currents?

• wind

• water temperature

• salinity

• all of the above

What part of the ocean floor is shallow so that many fishermen can catch fish there?

• continental shelf

• continental slope

• continental rise

• abyssal plain