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WorksheetsOcean Test
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 22mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Scientists use ______ to determine the oceans depth.
a)
Submarine
b)
Sonar
c)
Helicopter
d)
Light
2.
The _________ is the gradually sloping end of a continent that extends under the ocean to 350 m deep.
a)
continental shelf
b)
trench
c)
seamount
d)
abbysal plain
3.
What is a deep, steep-sided canyon in the ocean floor?
a)
seamount
b)
trench
c)
continental rise
d)
continental slope
4.
What is label B
a)
Trench
b)
Mid ocean ridge
c)
Seamount
d)
Abyssal plain
5.
What is label G
a)
Trench
b)
Mid ocean ridge
c)
abyssal plain
d)
sea mount
6.
Label A
a)
continental slope
b)
continental shelf
c)
abyssal plain
d)
sea mount
7.
Label C
a)
continental slope
b)
continental shelf
c)
abyssal plain
d)
sea mount
8.
Label E
a)
continental slope
b)
volcanic island
c)
abyssal plain
d)
sea mount
9.
Label F
a)
continental slope
b)
continental shelf
c)
abyssal plain
d)
sea mount
10.
What happens at D
a)
continental slope
b)
continental shelf
c)
seafloor spreading
d)
sea mount
11.
mountain ranges in the ocean
a)
mid -ocean ridge
b)
trenches
c)
rift
d)
ocean basin
12.
a vallley found in the middle of the mid-ocean riage
a)
rift
b)
trenches
c)
abyssal plain
d)
ocean basin
13.
the deepest part of the ocean
a)
trenches
b)
abyssal plain
c)
ocean basin
d)
rift
14.
the deep flat land of the ocean floor
a)
abyssal plain
b)
rift
15.
A __________ is the area in an ocean basin where new ocean floor is formed
a)
sea mount
b)
continental shelf
c)
mid ocean ridge
d)
continental slope
16.
When we go to beach, we are allowed to go on ____________
a)
continental slope
b)
continental shelf
c)
abyssal plain
d)
sea mount
17.
A[n] ______________ tide occurs when the sun is at right angles to the line between Earth and the moon.
a)
high
b)
neap
c)
low
d)
spring
18.
Differences in the moon's and sun's pull on different sides of the Earth cause _________.
a)
gravity
b)
lunar phases
c)
tides
d)
dabbing
19.
A[n] ___________ tide occurs when the sun, Earth, and the moon are nearly in a line.
a)
spring
b)
high
c)
low
d)
neap
20.
The bulge of water on the side of the Earth closest to the moon produces ___________.
a)
high tide
b)
low tide
c)
neap tide
d)
spring tide
21.
A rhythmic movement that carries energy through matter or space is ________.
a)
Waves
b)
Tides
c)
Dance
22.
When the Earth rotates, it causes wind to move in curving patterns. This is called what?
a)
Surface Currents
b)
Spring Tides
c)
Coriolis Effect
d)
Waves
23.
Ocean current caused by the wind.
a)
Deep Ocean Current
b)
Surface Current
24.
Ocean current caused by differences in temperature and salinity.
a)
Deep Ocean Current
b)
Surface Current
25.
What is Letter D?
a)
Crest
b)
Wavelength
c)
Wave Height
d)
Trough
26.
What is it called from B to F?
a)
Crest
b)
Wavelength
c)
Wave Height
d)
Trough
27.
What is B and F?
a)
Trough
b)
Crest
c)
Wave length
d)
Wave height
28.
Salt water sinks below Fresh water and causes deep ocean currents.
a)
True
b)
False
29.
Hot water sinks and helps cause Deep Ocean currents.
a)
True
b)
False
30.
The Warm/Gulf Stream Current flows from the Equator and up the Eastern coast of the U.S.
a)
True
b)
False
31.
Water absorbs heat more quickly and releases heat more slowly than land does.
a)
True
b)
False
32.
Which ocean has the highest salinity?
a)
Pacific
b)
Arctic
c)
Atlantic
d)
Indian
33.
If the first high tide of the day occurs at 1:00am, the next high tide will come closest to ______?
a)
1:25am
b)
1:00pm
c)
1:00am the next day
d)
1:25pm
34.
What do you always start with in a food chain?
a)
Producer
b)
Source of energy
c)
Consumer
35.
What are these?
a)
Nektons
b)
Plankton
36.
What does this represent?
a)
Food Chain
b)
Food Web
37.
Which of these is not a type of plankton that we talked about?
a)
Phytoplankton
b)
Zooplankton
c)
Antiplankton
38.
Which of these are caused by wind?
a)
Surface Current and waves
b)
Deep Ocean Currents and surface currents
c)
waves and tides
d)
tides and deep ocean currents
39.
What is a way that we contribute to Ocean Pollution?
a)
Recycle
b)
Walk
c)
Reuse
d)
Litter
40.
How does the Gulf Stream affect Northern Europe?
a)
Causes it to heat up
b)
Causes it to cool down
c)
Causes it to stay neutral
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