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WorksheetsOceanography Quiz
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 27mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
These tides give the highest high tides & lowest low tides
a)
Neap Tides
b)
Spring Tides
c)
Gravity
d)
High Tide
2.
This force causes tides in the oceans of the Earth
a)
Sun
b)
Moon
c)
Gravity
d)
Currents
3.
This body has the strongest pull on the Earth’s oceans
a)
Gravity
b)
Sun
c)
Moon
d)
Earth
4.
This causes surface currents
a)
Gravity
b)
Wind
c)
Coriolis Effect
d)
Density Differences
5.
If a wave has a period of 6 seconds and a wavelength of 36 what is its speed?
a)
36/6= 6ft/s
b)
6/36=0.17s/ft
c)
6x36=216ft/s
6.
On the global grid, the Equator is at
a)
0 latitude
b)
0 longitude
c)
90 latitude
d)
90 longitude
7.
The gently sloping submerged surface extending from the shoreline
a)
Mid Ocean Ridge
b)
Continential Shelf
c)
Continential Drift
d)
Seamounts
8.
Low, narrow, sandy islands that form offshore from a coastline.
a)
Longshore Transport
b)
Continental Shelf
c)
Beach
d)
Barrier Islands
9.
Submerged volcanic peaks that dot the ocean floor.
a)
Seamounts
b)
Continental Shelf
c)
Barrier Islands
d)
Continental Margin
10.
A device that determines the distance of an object under water by recording echoes of sound waves.
a)
Barometer
b)
Sonar
c)
Wave Refraction
d)
Density Current
11.
The zone of transition between a continent and the adjacent ocean basin floor
a)
Continental Drift
b)
Continental Shelf
c)
Continental Margin
12.
Vast open ocean from the edge of the continental shelf outward
a)
Oceanic Zone
b)
Abyssal Zone
c)
Neritic Zone
d)
Photic Zone
13.
Deep valley in the continental slope and shelf
a)
Seamounts
b)
Submarine Canyons
c)
Volcanoes
14.
The total amount of solid material dissolved in water, usually sodium chloride.
a)
Solution
b)
Solute
c)
Salinity
15.
A steep incline leading down from the edge of the continental shelf
a)
Continental Slope
b)
COntinental Drift
c)
Continental Rift
16.
The distance that the wind has traveled across open water
a)
Fetch
b)
Benthos
c)
Ocean Current
17.
Algae that undergo photosynthesis
a)
Benthos
b)
Phytoplankton
c)
Zooplankton
18.
Layer of ocean where there is a rapid change of temperature with depth
a)
Seamounts
b)
Pycnocline
c)
Thermocline
d)
Upwelling
19.
Is the rising of cold water from deeper layers to replace warmer surface water
a)
Upwelling
b)
Density
c)
Pycnocline
d)
Nekton
20.
Difference in height between succesive high and low tides
a)
Mixed Zone
b)
Upwelling
c)
Tidal Range
21.
A water current that travels near and parallel to the shoreline
a)
Longshore Current
b)
Surface Current
c)
Ocean Current
d)
Density Current
22.
The time it takes one full wave, one wave length, to pass a fixed position
a)
Wave Period
b)
Wavelength
c)
Wave Height
23.
The largest ocean is the
a)
Southern Ocean
b)
Atlantic Ocean
c)
Arctic Ocean
d)
Pacific Ocean
24.
As you descend deeper into the ocean, the water gets
a)
warmer and pressure increases
b)
warmer and pressure decreases
c)
colder and pressure decreases
d)
colder and pressure increases
25.
Which shows the order of Earth's three major oceans from largest to smallest
a)
Atlantic, Pacific, Indian
b)
Pacific, Atlantic, Indian
c)
Indian, Atlantic, Pacific
d)
Atlantic, Indian, Pacific
26.
Which feature of ocean topography is shown at point C?
a)
submarine canyon
b)
continental slope
c)
mid ocean ridge
d)
deep ocean trench
27.
Using the map, how do the Gulf Stream and North Atlantic Drift affect the climate of northwestern Europe?
a)
Their warms waters help produce a warmer climate.
b)
their cool waters help to produce a cooler climate.
c)
Their warm waters help to produce a cooler climate.
d)
None of the above.
28.
How much of Earth's water is fresh water?
a)
97%
b)
22%
c)
3%
d)
1%
29.
The _____ is the flat ocean floor.
a)
continental shelf
b)
continental slope
c)
abyssal plain
d)
seamount
30.
The ocean currents generally travel in either a clockwise or counterclockwise direction. In which direction do the currents in the Northern Hemisphere travel?
a)
clockwise
b)
counterclockwise
c)
straight
d)
they do not move
31.
What determines whether a surface current is a cold current or warm current?
a)
where the current begins
b)
when the currents begin
c)
how the long the currents flow
d)
none of the above
32.
Which of the following is not plankton?
a)
phytoplankton
b)
zooplankton
c)
jellyfish
d)
octopus
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