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WorksheetsOceans Vocabulary
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Pieces of the Earth's Crust along with parts of the upper mantle that move slowly.
a)
Cups
b)
Ridge
c)
Plates
d)
Trench
2.
A fissure in a planet's surface from which geothermally heated water issues.
a)
Perculates
b)
Hydrothermal Vent
c)
Stovepipe
d)
Black Smoker
3.
Free floating algae and microscopic plants in the Ocean.
a)
Zooplankton
b)
Nekton
c)
Phytoplankton
d)
Plankton
4.
Water that has more salinity than fresh water, but not as much as seawater.
a)
Upwelling
b)
Salinity
c)
Brackish
d)
Estuary
5.
An irregularly occurring and complex series of climatic changes affecting the equatorial Pacific.
a)
Burrito
b)
La Nina
c)
Big Taco
d)
El Nino
6.
The layers of the Ocean as they descend from the surface to the bottom.
a)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
b)
Water column
c)
Intertidal zone
d)
Salinity
7.
An elevated region with a central valley on an Ocean floor at the boundary between two diverging tectonic plates where new crust forms from upwelling magma
a)
Atoll
b)
Continental Shelf
c)
Island chain
d)
Oceanic Ridge
8.
Underwater vehicles that are built of strong materials to withstand high pressure which can be manned or operated remotely.
a)
Bathosphere
b)
Submersibles
c)
Battleship
d)
Sonar
9.
The shallow part of the ocean between low tide and the edge of the continental shelf, about 200m deep.
a)
End Zone
b)
Twilight Zone
c)
Neritic Zone
d)
Intertidal Zone
10.
The saltiness or dissolved salt content of a body of water
a)
Salinity
b)
Brackish
c)
Saltwater
d)
Benthos
11.
All the feeding relationships that exist in a habitat.
a)
Bioluminescence
b)
Ecosystem
c)
Food Web
d)
Plankton
12.
Free swimming animals that can move throughout the water column.
a)
Scuba divers
b)
Benthos
c)
Nekton
d)
Plankton
13.
A continuous underwater range of mountains that winds around the Earth.
a)
Pacific Quagmire
b)
South Sea Volcano
c)
Mid Ocean Ridge
d)
The Ring of Fire
14.
The largest system on the planet, covering over 70% of the Earths surface. Oceans, Estuaries and salt marshes, coral reefs, mangrove forests, lagoons, Kelp forests.
a)
Marine Ecosystems
b)
Continental slope
c)
Marine Biosphere
d)
North Atlantic Oscillation
15.
A method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
a)
Radar
b)
X-ray
c)
Sonar
d)
Photon
16.
A method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
a)
Radar
b)
X-ray
c)
Sonar
d)
Photon
17.
It is the zone from the edge of the Continental Shelf out to the open Ocean.
a)
Intertidal zone
b)
Oceanic zone
c)
Red zone
d)
Neritic zone
18.
New strips of rock that is added to the Ocean floor over millions of years.
a)
Hydrothermal vents
b)
Abyssal Plain
c)
Continental Shelf
d)
Seafloor Spreading
19.
The area between high and low tide on the beach
a)
Neritic Zone
b)
Intertidal Zone
c)
Water Column
d)
Oceanic zone
20.
Organisms that inhabit the Ocean floor.
a)
Nekton
b)
Plankton
c)
Benthos
d)
Bioluminescence
21.
The area of seabed around a large landmass that is relatively shallow compared with the open ocean.
a)
Estuary
b)
Abyssal Plain
c)
Continental Shelf
d)
Trench
22.
A process in which deep, cold water rises toward the surface.
a)
Salinity
b)
Water Column
c)
Submersible
d)
Upwelling
23.
Tiny algae and animals that float in water and are carried by waves and currents.
a)
Wales
b)
Kelp
c)
Plankton
d)
Krabby Patties
24.
A smooth, nearly flat region of the Ocean floor.
a)
Trench
b)
Abyssal Plain
c)
Mid Oceanic Rift
d)
Continental Slope
25.
A canyon in the Ocean floor, some as deep as 16,000 meters
a)
Atoll
b)
Volcano
c)
Trench
d)
El Nino
26.
Tiny microscopic animals that float in the Ocean.
a)
Phytoplankton
b)
Patrick the starfish
c)
Zooplankton
d)
Nekton
27.
The raising or rearing of aquatic animals or plants.
a)
Horticulture
b)
Modern Culture
c)
Aquaculture
d)
Terriculture
28.
A ring shaped reef surrounding a shallow lagoon.
a)
Volcanic island
b)
Coral Reef
c)
Atoll
d)
Neritic zone
29.
The production of light by living creatures.
a)
Luminaire
b)
Bioluminescence
c)
Chemoluminescence
d)
Flash light
30.
A partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the Ocean
a)
Sound
b)
Inlet
c)
Estuary
d)
Delta
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