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WorksheetsOceanography SOL 5.6
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Most of the ocean floor is __________.
a)
abyssal plain
b)
trench
c)
continental shelf
d)
seamounts
2.
Which ocean floor feature is the result of divergent plate boundaries?
a)
trench
b)
guyot
c)
mid-ocean ridge
d)
continental shelf
3.
Which of the following does not affect salinity?
a)
precipitation
b)
river run-off
c)
evaporation
d)
tides
4.
Which warm ocean current affects the climate of Virginia?
a)
Gulf Stream Current
b)
East Australian Current
c)
Pacific Current
d)
African Current
5.
These ocean motions are caused by winds
a)
tides and waves
b)
surface currents and waves
c)
surface and deep water currents
d)
tides and tsnamis
6.
This increases as depth increases________
a)
light
b)
pressure
c)
temperature
7.
As depth increases, temperature _________
a)
increases
b)
stays the same
c)
decreases
8.
As the amount of light increases, pressure_______
a)
decreases
b)
increases
c)
stays the same
9.
The shallow area at the edges of the continents
a)
continental shelf
b)
continental rise
c)
continental slope
d)
guyot
10.
valleys cut deep into the ocean floor
a)
trench
b)
abyssal plain
c)
seamounts
d)
mid-ocean ridges
11.
The flat, smooth part of the deep ocean floor
a)
continental shelf
b)
continental slope
c)
continental rise
d)
abyssal plain
12.
An underwater mountain range
a)
trench
b)
seamount
c)
abyssal plain
d)
mid-ocean ridge
13.
An isolated flat-topped mountain is known as a
a)
trench
b)
mid-ocean ridge
c)
abyssal plain
d)
guyot
14.
The basic ocean motions are
a)
waves, tides, and rivers
b)
waves, tides, and currents
c)
tides, currents, and springs
d)
tides, currents, depth
15.
The highest part of a wave is the
a)
trough
b)
wave length
c)
crest
d)
wave height
16.
The lowest point of a wave
a)
wave length
b)
wave height
c)
crest
d)
trough
17.
This is the distance from crest to crest
a)
crest
b)
trough
c)
wave length
d)
wave height
18.
This is a warm water surface current that affects the climate of Virginia
a)
California current
b)
Gulf Stream
c)
North Atlantic Drift
d)
South Atlantic Current
19.
Animal-like plankton are known as
a)
phytoplankton
b)
zooplankton
c)
photosynthesis
d)
ocean food web
20.
The ocean floor -------
a)
is always a flat bed of sand
b)
is covered by the same amount of water everywhere
c)
has mountains, plains, and ridges like land surfaces
d)
covers less area than the land
21.
At which location are oceans the deepest?
a)
Mid-ocean ridge
b)
Abyssal plain
c)
Ocean trench
d)
Volcanic island
22.
The main difference between ocean water and lake water is that ocean water contains —
a)
oxygem
b)
plants
c)
algae
d)
salt
23.
A person who studies the ocean
a)
geologist
b)
oceanographer
c)
biologist
d)
audiologist
24.
A sharp underwater hill that connects to the continental shelf and the ocean floor
a)
continental shelf
b)
continental slope
c)
continental rise
d)
trench
25.
Depth refers to _________
a)
the amount light at a particular part of the ocean
b)
how far down something is
c)
the amount of force that is exerted on something
d)
the amount of heat energy found at a certain area of the ocean
26.
What ocean floor feature may eventually turn into a volcanic island, like Hawaii?
a)
Trench
b)
Mid-ocean ridge
c)
Rift Valley
d)
Seamount
27.
What percent of Earth is water?
a)
71%
b)
50%
c)
25%
d)
89%
28.
Where does most evaporation occur?
a)
Land
b)
Clouds
c)
the Ocean
d)
the atmosphere
29.
Precipitation that flows over land into rivers, streams, and eventually into the ocean
a)
Precipitation
b)
Condensation
c)
Evaporation
d)
Runoff
30.
What feature is B?
a)
Seamount
b)
Abyssal plain
c)
Continental shelf
d)
Volcanic Island
31.
What feature is A?
a)
Continental shelf
b)
Continental slope
c)
Trench
d)
Mid-ocean ridge
32.
What feature is E?
a)
Volcanic island
b)
Seamount
c)
Mid-ocean ridge
d)
Abyssal plain
33.
What feature is C?
a)
Abyssal plain
b)
Seamount
c)
Continental shelf
d)
Continental slope
34.
What feature is D?
a)
Trench
b)
Mid-ocean ridge
c)
Trench
d)
Continental rise
35.
What is the main cause of tides?
a)
The gravitational pull of land on Earth
b)
The magnetic pull from the poles
c)
The gravitational pull of the moon
d)
The density differences of water
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