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WorksheetsOcean SLO Review 2
Total questions: 78
Worksheet time: 1hrs 25mins
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Class
Date
1.
Mountains form from ...
a)
plates sliding past one another
b)
collision of plates
c)
plates moving away from each other
2.
During sea floor spreading, molten material rises up from the mantle...
a)
along the continents
b)
at the mid ocean ridges
c)
deep ocean trenches
d)
at north and south poles
3.
Which of the following is where one plate slides under another plate?
a)
submarine zone
b)
divergence zone
c)
subduction zone
d)
lower zone
4.
Associated with transform boundaries.
a)
Volcanoes
b)
mountains
c)
trenches
d)
earthquakes
5.
Which ocean is expanding due to a mid-ocean ridge?
a)
Indian
b)
Dead Sea
c)
Atlantic
d)
Artic
6.
Which piece of evidence did Wegener use to prove continental drift?
a)
The shape of the continents
b)
Similar fossils found on separate continents
c)
Tree fossils found in odd places
d)
All of the above
7.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
8.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
9.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
10.
How did the discovery of sea-floor ridges affect the ability of the scientific community to accept Alfred Wegener's ideas?
a)
The ridges proved his theory was a law
b)
The ridges helped explain plate movement
c)
The ridges contained the oldest rocks on Earth
d)
The ridges showed that earthquakes occur randomly
11.
Attractions between water molecules due to polarity are called:
a)
Covalent bonds
b)
Ionic bonds
c)
Polar bonds
d)
Hydrogen bonds
12.
Which is NOT a unique property of water?
a)
Frozen water floats on liquid water.
b)
Water covers most of the Earth’s surface and retains a large amount of heat.
c)
Water molecules stick to each other through hydrogen bonds.
d)
Water cools very rapidly.
13.
What property of water helps to moderate earth's temperature?
a)
adhesion
b)
cohesion
c)
specific heat capacity
d)
pH
14.
Why does ice float?
a)
As water freezes, it expands and its density decreases.
b)
As water freezes, it takes up more hydrogen from the atmosphere, causing it to have a greater buoyancy.
c)
As water freezes, air becomes trapped between the hydrogen bonds of water molecules.
d)
As water freezes, it takes up more oxygen from the atmosphere, causing it to have a greater buoyancy.
15.
Water is polar because...
a)
The unequal sharing of electrons gives the water molecule a slight negative charge near its oxygen atom and a slight positive charge near its hydrogen atoms.
b)
The molecule has two poles, at which the it is colder than other regions of the molecule.
c)
The unequal sharing of electrons gives the water molecule a slight negative charge near its hydrogen atoms and a slight positive charge near its oxygen atom.
d)
The water molecule is neutral.
16.
What are the reasons for the season?
a)
Earth's tilt & rotation
b)
Earth's tilt & revolution
c)
Earth's rotation & rovolution
d)
Earth's tilt & resolution
17.
In winter, the axis of the earth is pointed away or toward the sun?
a)
towards
b)
up
c)
down
d)
away
18.
Why is it warmer in the summer?
a)
Closer to the sun
b)
More direct light from Earth's tilt
c)
Stronger light from the sun
d)
Earth spins slower
19.
Which season is taking place in the Northern Hemisphere in Position 4?
a)
Winter
b)
Spring
c)
Summer
d)
Fall
20.
What causes more heat, indirect sunlight or direct sunlight?
a)
indirect
b)
direct
21.
What creates the air pressure difference between the equator and the poles?
a)
The length of the seasons
b)
The shape of the earth
c)
the duration of the solar year
d)
The amount of direct sunlight each area receives
22.
How are the winds in the northern hemisphere different from winds in the southern hemisphere?
a)
Winds in the northern hemisphere are deflected right; winds in the southern hemisphere are deflected left
b)
winds in the northern hemisphere are deflected south; winds in the southern hemisphere are deflected north
c)
winds in the northern hemisphere are deflected east; winds in the southern hemisphere are deflected west
d)
winds in the northern hemisphere are deflected left; winds in the southern hemisphere are deflected right
23.
Is this a land or a sea breeze?
a)
land breeze
b)
sea breeze
24.
When Earth's rotation causes the wind to curve
a)
cloudy
b)
Coriolis effect
c)
high pressure
d)
low pressure
25.
If you wanted to visit an area with very little wind, where might you go?
a)
The doldrums around the equator
b)
the jet streams in the northern and southern hemisphere
c)
the North or South Pole
d)
the area around the Mediterranean Sea
26.
How does temperature of the atmosphere change with altitude?
a)
increases
b)
decreases
c)
stays the same
27.
The Westerlies move
a)
from east to west
b)
from west to east
c)
from north to south
d)
south to north
28.
True or False:
Land heats and cools faster than water causing wind and weather.
Land heats and cools faster than water causing wind and weather.
a)
True
b)
False
29.
Winds that blow from the west are called ____.
a)
Easterlies
b)
Polars
c)
Westerlies
d)
Temperates
30.
Winds that blow from 30 & 60 latitude are called what?
a)
Polar Easterlies
b)
Polar Westerlies
c)
Prevailing Westerlies
d)
Trade Winds
31.
Area located along the equator where no winds blow because the warm rising air creates an area of low pressure are called what?
a)
Doldrums
b)
Horse Latitudes
c)
Trade Winds
d)
Polar Easterlies
32.
Areas located about 30 degrees North and South of the equator where no winds blow because the air pushed up from the doldrums is sinking back to Earth to creates an area of high pressure are called what?
a)
Doldrums
b)
Horse Latitudes
c)
Trade Winds
d)
Polar Easterlies
33.
These winds blow northeast to west in the polar regions, moving cold air in that climate zone from the post toward the west.
a)
Trade Winds
b)
Westerly Winds
c)
Polar Winds
34.
The curving of air to the right in the Northern hemisphere is caused by ___________ and is called the _________ effect.
a)
Earth's rotation...Coriolis
b)
Earth's revolution...Coriolis
c)
Earth's rotation...Doppler
d)
Earth's revolution...Doppler
35.
What kind of breeze is this & what time of day/night would it form?
a)
Land breeze - daytime
b)
Land breeze - nighttime
c)
Sea breeze - daytime
d)
Sea breeze - nighttime
36.
The Gulf stream carries _____________ water from the East coast of The United States to the West coast of Europe.
a)
Cold
b)
Warm
c)
Freezing
d)
Fresh
37.
Ocean currents have an affect on which two things
a)
climate and weather
b)
temperature and density
c)
land and sea
d)
equator and poles
38.
The large, circular surface-current pattern found in each ocean.
a)
California Current
b)
Surface Current
c)
Gyre
d)
Global Conveyor Belt
39.
What process brings the deep cold ocean currents up to the surface?
a)
Downwelling
b)
Global Wind Patterns
c)
Upwelling
d)
Temperature and salinity
40.
What type of tides would this arrangement of earth-moon-sun create?
a)
neap tide
b)
spring tide
c)
new moon tide
d)
full moon tide
41.
Which body has the greater effect on Earth's tides?
a)
Sun
b)
Saturn
c)
Moon
d)
Venus
42.
What is a difference between spring and neap tides?
a)
Spring tides occur when the earth and sun are IN LINE with the new or full moon.
b)
Spring tides occur when moon in 3rd or 1st quarter phases
c)
Spring tides are LOWER than neap tides
d)
Spring tides occur in Spring and neap tides can occur in any season
43.
What happens when there is a spring tide
a)
high tides
b)
large tidal ranges
c)
low tides
d)
small tidal ranges
44.
which of the following does not affect the movement of sediment along the shore?
a)
currents
b)
temperature
c)
size of sand grains
d)
wave patterns
45.
The amount of salt dissolved in the ocean is known as ______________.
a)
Gas
b)
Density
c)
Temperature
d)
Salinity
46.
The deepest part of the ocean
a)
mid-ocean ridge
b)
trench
c)
continental slope
d)
continental shelf
47.
Which direction do the currents move in the northern hemisphere?
a)
clockwise
b)
counter clockwise
c)
they don't move
48.
The top part of a wave is known as the __________?
a)
trough
b)
wavelength
c)
crest
49.
The higher the salt content in the ocean the ________ dense the water will be.
a)
less
b)
more
c)
nothing happens
50.
What creates the mid-ocean ridge?
a)
when two ocean plates converge
b)
when two continental plates converge
c)
when two ocean plates slide past each other
d)
when two ocean plates diverge
51.
What makes the ocean salty?
a)
the tears of fish
b)
the rain
c)
The rivers bringing the minerals to the ocean
d)
The convergence of two ocean plates
52.
Which letter is the Slope?
a)
B
b)
G
c)
D
d)
F
53.
Which letter is the Abyssal Plain?
a)
B
b)
C
c)
D
d)
E
54.
Oceans covers about 3/4 of Earth.
a)
True
b)
False
55.
What is the name of a climate event that occurs every two to seven years in the Pacific Ocean? (it is the warming of the Pacific)
a)
La Nina
b)
El Nina
c)
La Nino
d)
El Nino
56.
What are gyres?
a)
large circulation patterns that move clockwise in the Northern hemisphere
b)
large circulation patterns that move counterclockwise in the Southern hemisphere
c)
redistribute heat throughout the ocean
d)
all of the above
57.
Why are polar seas saltier?
a)
Higher cyclone activity
b)
Higher wave activity
c)
Water freezes leaving higher salinity
d)
The global conveyor belt slows down in cold water
58.
What is the most abundant solid dissolved in seawater?
a)
Magnesium Chloride
b)
Calcium Chloride
c)
Potassium Chloride
d)
Sodium Chloride
59.
Produces most of our Earth's Oxygen
a)
trees
b)
grass
c)
phytoplankton
60.
The area next to the beach that is only about 100 meters deep would be called the ...
a)
continental shelf
b)
the continental slope
c)
the mid-ocean ridge
d)
the ocean basin
61.
What are tiny organisms that float near the surface of the water?
a)
plankton
b)
organisms
c)
abiotic factor
d)
insects
62.
The _________ zone is the ocean floor.
a)
intertidal
b)
neritic
c)
oceanic
d)
benthic
63.
The __________ zone is the place where the ocean meets the land.
a)
intertidal
b)
neritic
c)
oceanic
d)
benthic
64.
An area where fresh water from streams and rivers spills into the ocean is called an _____________.
a)
plankton
b)
estuary
c)
sargassums
d)
coral reefs
65.
Through evaporation, the ocean provides most of the water that makes up Earth's _____________.
a)
precipitation
b)
condensation
c)
evaporation
66.
The deepest parts of the benthic zone do not get any _________.
a)
sunlight
b)
food
c)
fish
d)
chemicals
67.
Where are most coral reefs found?
a)
warm, shallow areas of the neritic zone
b)
deepest, dark areas of the benthic zone
c)
deep water of the open ocean
68.
In which location would fishermen most likely catch a greater number of fish?
a)
at the shoreline
b)
in an upwelling
c)
in the intertidal zone
d)
on the deep ocean floor
69.
Which contributes most in supporting life on the deep ocean floor?
a)
cold water temperatures
b)
extreme water pressure
c)
hydrothermal vents
d)
lack of predators
70.
Which organism is at the base of a marine food web?
a)
crab
b)
phytoplankton
c)
whale
d)
zooplankton
71.
Which factors limit the productivity of a marine ecosystem?
a)
availability of nutrients and fresh water
availability of nutrients and fresh water
b)
availability of light and nutrients
c)
availability of light and chemosynthetic organisms
d)
availability of photosynthetic organisms and fresh water
72.
What causes upwelling in the oceans?
a)
coral reef construction
b)
photosynthesis reactions
c)
winds and ocean currents
d)
animal migration patterns
73.
Which technological tool uses a sound echo to measure distance?
a)
submarine
b)
Sonar
c)
ocean buoy
d)
robotic probe
74.
True or false? Coral reefs turn bright colors when dying.
a)
True
b)
False
75.
True or false? Eutrophication is when too many nutrients are put in a body of water. It is caused by acid rain.
a)
True
b)
False
76.
True or false? Biomagnification is when a pollutant moves up the food chain as predators eat prey.
a)
False
b)
True
77.
True or false? An estuary has very little nutrients and life.
a)
True
b)
False
78.
The movement of material along a coast by waves that approach at an angle to the shore but recede straight down the beach is called...
a)
Longshore drift
b)
Swash
c)
Backwash
d)
Recession
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