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WorksheetsChapter 13: Oceans
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Oceans provide us with many resources as well as homes and food for other organisms. It is therefore important to protect them.
a)
True
b)
False
2.
Approximately how old do scientists believe our oceans are?
a)
4.5 billion years old
b)
4.5 million years old
c)
3 billion years old
d)
3 million years old
3.
Scientists believe that comets bombarded the Earth billions of years ago, adding lots of water to the oceans.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
It took thousands of years of rain to create the oceans.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
The steam from volcanic eruptions contributed to the formation of our oceans.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
The oceans are so big that we do not really have to worry about protecting them.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
Many organisms rely on the ocean for their homes and food.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
Surface currents distribute heat. Currents have a huge impact on __________.
a)
weather
b)
climate
c)
the type of ecosystem
d)
all of these
9.
Another word for equilibrium is _______.
a)
creation
b)
hypothalamus
c)
balance
d)
gyre momentum
10.
These currents are created somewhat by the wind.
a)
surface
b)
deep ocean
c)
thermocline
d)
raspberry
11.
Winds cannot travel across Earth in a straight line due to the __________.
a)
Butterfly Effect
b)
Mass Effect
c)
Side Effect
d)
Coriolis Effect
12.
These currents are driven by density.
a)
surface
b)
tropical
c)
deep ocean
d)
polar
13.
This is a large system of circular ocean currents formed by global wind patterns and forces created by Earth's rotation (Coriolis Effect)
a)
gyre
b)
gyro
c)
gyration
d)
gyrostat
14.
Gyres in the northern hemisphere always spin _____________.
a)
counter-clockwise
b)
clockwise
c)
up and down
d)
in a straight line
15.
Halite is another word for ________.
a)
salt
b)
sodium chloride
c)
NaCl
d)
all of these
16.
If a surface current forms on the east side of a continent, it will be a ____ current.
a)
fast
b)
slow
c)
cold
d)
warm
17.
Surface currents that form on the west side of a continent are ________.
a)
fast
b)
slow
c)
cold
d)
warm
18.
Gulf Stream, East Australian, Peru, Japan, California are names of __________.
a)
gyres
b)
surface currents
c)
deep ocean currents
d)
tsunamis
19.
Denser things ________.
a)
float
b)
sink
c)
move in a circular motion
d)
all of these
20.
Water that is higher is salinity will be _______ dense.
a)
less
b)
more
c)
it depends on the type of salt
d)
all of these
21.
Thermocline, surface, and deep ocean are words associated with what?
a)
currents
b)
layers
c)
types of animals
d)
climate
22.
Nekton, plankton, and benthos are types of _________.
a)
land formations
b)
marine life
c)
currents
d)
all of these
23.
Ridges, seamounts, guyots, and volcanoes are all ________.
a)
in the ocean
b)
higher than the ocean floor or basin
c)
higher than trenches
d)
all of these
24.
Trough refers to __________.
a)
lowest point in the wave
b)
the wave length
c)
the wave height
d)
highest point of the wave
25.
Approximately 3/4 of our world is ________.
a)
cotton candy
b)
land
c)
lakes
d)
ocean
26.
What word refers to the amount of salt in the water?
a)
acidity
b)
buoyancy
c)
salinity
d)
temperature
27.
The ocean ___________.
a)
must be protected
b)
gives us oxygen, food, and minerals
c)
provides homes
for animals and plants
for animals and plants
d)
all of these
28.
Wind and the Coriolis effect form ________.
a)
surface currents
b)
deep ocean currents
c)
current music
d)
tivo
29.
We get most of our oxygen from organisms in the ocean through what process.
a)
chemosynthesis
b)
photosynthesis
c)
plankton
d)
benthos diving
30.
As depth increases this also increases.
a)
number of organisms
b)
pressure
c)
temperature
d)
sunlight
31.
The deeper you go down in the ocean this decreases.
a)
temperature
b)
pressure
c)
water
d)
cupcakes
32.
At 300 m the number of atm's is _______.
a)
30
b)
31
c)
60
d)
61
33.
Ocean currents are like __________ in the ocean.
a)
lakes
b)
ponds
c)
rivers
d)
clouds
34.
The collapsing wave is also called a __________.
a)
breaker
b)
snaker
c)
raker
d)
baker
35.
Almost all of these move by floating in the ocean.
a)
nekton
b)
benthos
c)
botton dwellers
d)
plankton
36.
If you are looking for oxygen the best place to go in the ocean is the ________.
a)
surface current
b)
thermocline
c)
deep ocean layer
d)
density currents
37.
Currents on the east are _________.
a)
warm
b)
cold
c)
frozen
d)
melted
38.
If you want to go to a giant surface current , find yourself a ________.
a)
gyre
b)
giant
c)
dwarf planet
d)
volcano
39.
If you are a fish and want to get nutrients really easy, go to _______.
a)
an upwelling
b)
a refrigerator
c)
publix
d)
a trench
40.
If you increase the salt you increase the ________.
a)
salinity
b)
seasoning
c)
temperature
d)
tides
41.
Tides are big waves driven by gravitational pull.
a)
true
b)
false
42.
The reason wind and water cannot travel in a straight line.
a)
The Coriolis Effect
b)
Negative Effect
c)
American Effect
d)
Corn Effect
43.
The flattest part of the ocean is called the _______.
a)
shelf
b)
slope
c)
rise
d)
abyssal plain
44.
The flat mountains in the ocean are called _______.
a)
ridges
b)
trenches
c)
guyots
d)
gyres
45.
If you are walking down the continental slope and you seem to fall down a ditch you might be in ________.
a)
a seamount
b)
a submarine canyon
c)
a trench
d)
a volcano
46.
If you are looking for our weather forecast, you might hear about which current?
a)
Gulf Stream
b)
Peru
c)
Japan
d)
The Current Event
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