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WorksheetsOceans Vocab-1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which of the following describes a tide with the greatest difference between high and low tide that occurs when the sun and moon are aligned in a straight line with the earth.
a)
Spring Tide
b)
Neap Tide
c)
El Nino
d)
Low Tide
2.
Which of the following describes a tide with the least difference between high and low tide, which occurs when the sun and moon pull at right angles to each other?
a)
Spring Tide
b)
Neap Tide
c)
El Nino
d)
Low Tide
3.
Which term refers to the effect of the Earth's rotation on winds and ocean currents?
a)
El Nino
b)
La Nina
c)
Coriolis Effect
d)
Spring Tide
4.
Which term refers to an abnormal climate event that occurs every 2-7 years in the Pacific Ocean, causing changes in winds, currents, and weather patterns for 1-2 years.
a)
El Nino
b)
Coriolis Effect
c)
Upwelling
d)
Sonar
5.
Which term refers to the movement of cold water upward from from the deep ocean caused by the movement of surface current by wind.
a)
Upwelling
b)
El Nino
c)
Coriolis Effect
d)
Gulf Stream
6.
Which term refers to the amount of salt contained or present in a substance?
a)
salinity
b)
chloritidy
c)
turbidity
d)
pH
7.
Which term refers to a vertical section of water stretching from the water's surface to the bottom of a river, lake or ocean?
a)
water table
b)
water column
c)
hydrosphere
d)
buoyancy
8.
Which term refers to an underwater vehicle built of special material to resist the pressure of the deep ocean?
a)
Sonar
b)
Submersible
c)
R.O.V.
d)
Drone
9.
Which term refers to a system that uses sound waves to determine the distance to an object?
a)
Sonar
b)
Satellite Imagery
c)
Radar
d)
Infared
10.
Which term refers to technology in which satellites collect and record various types of data in a variety of formats.
a)
satellite imagery
b)
SONAR
c)
RADAR
d)
GPS
11.
What is shown in the image?
a)
El Nino
b)
Coriolis Effect
c)
Spring Tide
d)
Neap Tide
12.
What is shown in the image?
a)
El Nino
b)
Coriolis Effect
c)
Spring Tide
d)
Neap Tide
13.
What is shown in the image?
a)
El Nino
b)
Coriolis Effect
c)
Spring Tide
d)
Neap Tide
14.
Ocean zone found in between the low and high tide lines of the oceans coast?
a)
open ocean zone
b)
surface zone
c)
intertidal zone
d)
neritic zone
15.
Which term describes openings in the ocean floor from which heated water and gases escape?
a)
geyser
b)
hydrothermal vents
c)
caldera
d)
waterfalls
16.
The production of light using chemicals found in living organisms is called
a)
biolumoinescence
b)
phyotolighting
c)
proton-lighting
d)
ultraluminescence
17.
Which describes the tiny plantlike producers that are the basis for most ocean food webs?
a)
zooplankton
b)
phytoplankton
c)
bacteria
d)
coral reefs
18.
tiny animal-like first level consumers in the ocean are called....
a)
phytoplankton
b)
zooplankton
c)
ptotozoa
d)
bacteria
19.
Which part of the ocean floor includes the sharp incline between the continental shelf and abyssal plain?
a)
continental slope
b)
mid-ocean ridge
c)
Mariana Trench
d)
surface zone
20.
As tectonic plates pull apart it causes....
a)
the coriolis effect
b)
el nino
c)
seafloor spreading
d)
neap tides
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