SOL 4.7 - Oceans

What is salinity?

• the amount of sand in sediment

• the speed a wave is traveling

• the distance from the ocean's surface to the ocean floor

• the amount of salt dissolved in water

The deepest part of the ocean floor is a/an

• abyssal plain

• continental rise

• continental slope

• ocean trench

Coral that has attached itself to the ocean floor is an example of a ____________.

• floating organism

• non-moving organism

• swimming organism

• nonliving object

The salinity of ocean water is the same around the world.

• true

• false

Most ocean wildlife lives in the continental rise.

• true

• false

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Marine organisms are impacted by ocean currents.

• true

• false

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

There are no decomposers in the ocean.

• true

• false

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What causes the rise and fall of ocean waters?

• the movement of clouds over the shore

• the gravitational pull of the moon and sun

• the air temperature increasing during the day

• natural events like storms and earthquakes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

About half of Earth's surface is covered with which ocean floor feature?

• continental shelf

• ocean trench

• abyssal plain

• continental slope

What is ocean water made of? Select all correct answers

• gases

• oil

• water

• sugar

• dissolved solids

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2