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WorksheetsOcean Water Review Game
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 30mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is NOT a reason studying the ocean floor is difficult?
a)
Too Dark
b)
Too Bright
c)
Too Much Pressure
d)
Too Cold
2.
a)
Neap Tide
b)
High Tide
c)
Low Tide
d)
Spring Tide
3.
a)
Neap Tide
b)
High Tide
c)
Low Tide
d)
Spring Tide
4.
a)
Continental Slope
b)
Continental Shelf
c)
Seamount
d)
Abyssal Plain
5.
a)
Seamount
b)
Trench
c)
Abyssal Plain
d)
Volcanic Island
6.
As you travel deeper in the ocean...
a)
Temperature increases
b)
Light increases
c)
Pressure decreases
d)
Temperature decreases
7.
What term describes the longest underwater mountain range?
a)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
b)
Trench
c)
Seamount
d)
Volcanic Island
8.
What term describes a deep canyon on the bottom of the ocean floor?
a)
Abyssal Plain
b)
Continental Shelf
c)
Trench
d)
Seamount
9.
Waves carry _____, not _____.
a)
Objects; Energy
b)
Currents; Tides
c)
Energy; Objects
d)
Trash; Water
10.
Which of the following causes waves?
a)
Currents
b)
Tides
c)
The Coriolis Effect
d)
Wind
11.
a)
Trough
b)
Peak
c)
Valley
d)
Crest
12.
a)
Trough
b)
Peak
c)
Crest
d)
Valley
13.
What term describes an underwater river?
a)
Tide
b)
Current
c)
Wave
d)
The Coriolis Effect
14.
Which of the following does NOT cause deep currents?
a)
Differences in Density
b)
Global Wind Patterns
c)
Lack of Sunlight
d)
All of these are correct answers
15.
Which of the following does NOT cause surface currents?
a)
Global Wind Patterns
b)
Differences in Density
c)
Continental Deflection
d)
The Coriolis Effect
16.
Why do waves only move on the surface?
a)
Wind cannot reach low depths
b)
Too much pressure
c)
Not enough sunlight
d)
The temperature is too low
17.
What is the most powerful surface current?
a)
The Coriolis Effect
b)
The Jet Stream
c)
Spring Tides
d)
The Gulf Stream
18.
Which term describes why wind and currents curve due to the Earth's rotation?
a)
Currents
b)
Wind
c)
The Coriolis Effect
d)
Tides
19.
How much time passes between high tide and low tide?
a)
6 Hours and 10 Minutes
b)
24 Hours
c)
12 Hours and 25 Minutes
d)
12 Hours and 10 Minutes
20.
How much time passes between two low tides?
a)
6 Hours and 10 Minutes
b)
24 Hours
c)
12 Hours and 25 Minutes
d)
6 Hours and 25 Minutes
21.
What term is the measure of dissolved salts in water?
a)
Thermocline
b)
Salinity
c)
Saltiness
d)
Tides
22.
What is the most abundant salt in seawater?
a)
Magnesium Chloride
b)
Calcium Chloride
c)
Potassium Chloride
d)
Sodium Chloride
23.
Why is the Dead Sea so salty?
a)
Water evaporates quickly in the hot, arid climate
b)
Fresh water is being added often
c)
Lots of fish have died in there
d)
People visit and pour salt into it
24.
Which of the following would have the lowest salinity?
a)
Middle of the Ocean
b)
Mouth of a river
c)
Dead Sea
d)
Bottom of a trench
25.
What is the average salinity of water?
a)
55 parts per thousand
b)
95 parts per thousand
c)
10 parts per thousand
d)
35 parts per thousand
26.
Why can people float in the Dead Sea?
a)
Very salty water is more dense
b)
There is no salt in the water
c)
Lowest point on Earth
d)
Very shallow
27.
Which of the following would NOT change the density of water
a)
Temperature
b)
Salinity
c)
Color
d)
All of these change density
28.
If it is high tide at 2:00pm, about what time would it be low tide?
a)
2:25am
b)
10:15pm
c)
8:10pm
d)
8:10am
29.
Spring Tides do NOT occur during which of the following moon phases?
a)
New Moon
b)
1st Quarter Moon
c)
Full Moon
d)
Spring Tides occur during all of these moon phases
30.
Neap Tides do NOT occur during which of the following moon phases?
a)
Full Moon
b)
1st Quarter
c)
3rd Quarter
d)
Neap Tides occur during all of these moon phases
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