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WorksheetsBenchmark Review (1st)
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A difference in air pressure causes what?
a)
wind
b)
rain
c)
lightening
d)
snow
2.
What does label A represent in the picture?
a)
continental slope
b)
continental shelf
c)
abyssal plain
d)
sea mount
3.
What does label C represent in the picture?
a)
continental slope
b)
continental shelf
c)
abyssal plain
d)
sea mount
4.
What does label D represent on the picture?
a)
continental slope
b)
continental shelf
c)
abyssal plain
d)
mid ocean ridge
5.
The flat area of the ocean floor is called the _____________.
a)
trench
b)
continental shelf
c)
continental slope
d)
abyssal plain
6.
In the Northern Hemisphere, winds traveling to the north appear to curve to the east because of the
a)
jet streams
b)
Coriolis effect
c)
convection current
d)
convection stream
7.
The eye of a _________, is warm, calm air and light winds
a)
tornado
b)
thunderstorm
c)
hurricane
d)
lightning
8.
The Gulf Stream Current moves warm water from
a)
higher to lower latitudes
b)
lower to higher latitudes
9.
What tool measures air pressure?
a)
barometer
b)
anamometer
c)
thermometer
10.
Climate is the average weather condition in an area over a long period of time?
a)
True
b)
False
11.
Rain, flash floods, and mudslides occur in places where there is usually little rain, while droughts occur in areas that usually have a lot of rain- during what?
a)
La Nina
b)
El Nino
c)
thunderstorm
d)
trade winds
12.
Global winds blow ocean currents near the equator in what direction?
a)
west to east
b)
north to south
c)
east to west
d)
south to north
13.
The dangerous part of a hurricane is a storm surge.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
What forms when warm air moves over cold air and replaces it?
a)
cold front
b)
warm front
15.
Marine organisms can be found in each ocean zone.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
Which of the following marine organisms live mainly in the oceanic zone?
a)
star fish
starfish
starfish
b)
dolphin
c)
giant squid
d)
clam
17.
Which is more dense, water with low salinity or high salinity?
a)
low salinity
b)
high salinity
18.
Narrow belts of winds that can reach 400 km/h are called?
a)
convection current
b)
jet current
c)
jet stream
d)
trade winds
19.
Air pressure is different around the Earth because warm air _________ equator and cold air _________ at the poles.
a)
rides, sinks
b)
sinks, rises
20.
Air masses move and meet to cause changes in the weather.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
It is important for scientist to research the El Nino because it?
a)
is unpredictable
b)
has so many effects on organisms and land
c)
has a funny name
d)
occurs in the ocean
22.
The two major zones in the pelagic zone are the oceanic zone and the ______ zone.
a)
sublittoral
b)
intertidal
c)
neritic
d)
nadal
23.
Marine organisms are grouped by ?
a)
their size
b)
what they eat
c)
where they live & how they move
d)
what they look like
24.
Nekton can be found ....
a)
swimming actively in the open ocean
b)
burying themselves in the ocean floor
c)
nowhere, they are too small
d)
floating freely with the ocean current
25.
The higher the salinity the MORE dense a liquid is.
a)
True
b)
False
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