WorksheetsOceans Test
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which of the following best describes the ocean floor?
a)
It is always a flat bed of sand.
b)
It covers less area than the land.
c)
It has mountains, plains, and ridges like land surfaces.
d)
It is covered by the same amount of water everywhere.
2.
Which letter in the diagram above represents a mountain range on the ocean floor?
a)
Letter B
b)
Letter D
c)
Letter E
d)
Letter F
3.
Letter B in the diagram above represent which feature of the ocean floor?
a)
A seamount
b)
The rift zone
c)
A volcanic island
d)
The abyssal plain
4.
Which part of the ocean floor drops away from the continent down to the bottom of the ocean floor?
a)
Continental shelf
b)
Continental slope
c)
Ocean basin
d)
Rift Zone
5.
Which ocean features are underwater mountains that do not reach the surface?
a)
Mid-Ocean ridges
b)
Rift Zones
c)
Seamounts
d)
Trenches
6.
On the bottom of the ocean there is a mountain range that divides the ocean floor into two parts. This ocean landform is called a _______.
a)
Continental slope
b)
Mid-ocean ridge
c)
Seamount
d)
Trench
7.
A large area where volcanic activity adds mountains to the mid-ocean ridge is called a
a)
Barrier island
b)
Continental shelf
c)
Rift Zone
d)
Trench
8.
The deepest part of the ocean floor is the _____.
a)
Continental shelf
b)
Rift Zone
c)
Seamount
d)
Trench
9.
What is the flattest area of the ocean floor?
a)
The abyssal plain
b)
The continental slope
c)
The continental Shelf
d)
The mid-ocean ridge
10.
The picture shows a canyon on the continental surface of Earth. It has steep sides and narrow valleys. Which feature in the ocean compares to this canyon?
a)
Ocean basin
b)
Plain
c)
Seamount
d)
Trench
11.
Compare Land features to Ocean features. What ocean feature is like the land feature mountains?
a)
Canyon
b)
Mid-ocean ridge
c)
Shelf
d)
Trench
12.
What land feature compares a to the ocean feature seamount?
a)
Canyon
b)
Continental Slope
c)
Valley
d)
Volcano
13.
A feature of the ocean shore zone where land and ocean meet that is made up mostly of sand is _________.
a)
Inlet
b)
Estuary
c)
Breaker
d)
Beach
14.
All of the following affect the movement of sediment along the shore EXCEPT ______.
a)
Sand
b)
Currents
c)
Temperature
d)
Wave patterns
15.
How do tides and waves constructively change the ocean shoreline?
a)
They wear down and carry away sand dunes and dune plants.
b)
They move and deposit sand at other places to create new beaches.
c)
They weather and carve away seashore rock formations and stone.
d)
They erode the shoreline by carrying away large amounts of sand and small rocks.
16.
Which of the following pulls sand particles sideways along the beach?
a)
Breaking waves
b)
Long shore current
c)
Tides
d)
Tsunami
17.
Over time, how will waves change the rocks shown in the picture?
a)
Waves will press small rocks together to form larger rocks.
b)
Waves will pound, smooth, and break apart rocks.
c)
Waves will wet the rocks but will not change their shape.
d)
Waves will change the rocks into sea salt.
18.
Islands with sandy beaches that protect the mainland from waves are called ______.
a)
Barrier Islands
b)
Dunes
c)
Inlets
d)
Seamounts
19.
Which two processes regularly cause changes to the shape of a barrier island?
a)
Tides and storms
b)
Waves and currents
c)
Wind and precipitation
d)
Earthquakes and tsunamis
20.
Which of these is an area where salt water meets fresh water?
a)
Inlet
b)
Dune
c)
Beach
d)
Estuary
21.
All along the coastline of South Carolina thee are water-filled spaces between barrier islands that are affected by tides, ocean currents, and storms. What are these openings along the coastline called?
a)
Beaches
b)
Dunes
c)
Estuaries
d)
Inlets
22.
Which process has the greatest daily affect on the amount of water in an inlet?
a)
Currents
b)
Tides
c)
Storm surges
d)
Waves
23.
Hurricanes can cause major changes to an feature of the ocean shoreline because thest storms produce all of the following EXCEPT ____.
a)
Heavy winds
b)
High waves
c)
Storm surges
d)
Tsunamis
24.
Which of the following is a giant wave caused by an earthquake under the ocean?
a)
Breaker
b)
Current
c)
Tsunami
d)
Trough
25.
The Gulf Stream is a flowing stream of water moving through the ocean. It comes up from near the equator and moves north along the east coast of the United States. Since this stream is moving water from the tropics near the equator, it is know as _____.
a)
High tide
b)
Long shore current
c)
Tsunami wave
d)
Warm surface current
26.
Warm and cool ocean waters are moved around by which ocean water motion?
a)
Currents
b)
Tides
c)
Waves
d)
Wind
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