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Waves and Ocean Floor Review

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which statement correctly describes the motion of water particles due to the action of waves?

a)

they travel from one crest to another

b)

they move in opposite direction of the wave

c)

they rise and fall in a circular motion

d)

they move towards the shore

2.
What is a trough?
a)
highest point on a wave
b)
lowest point on a wave
c)
longest point on a wave
d)
shortest point on a wave
3.
What is a crest?
a)
lowest point of a wave
b)
longest part of a wave
c)
shortest part of a wave
d)
highest point of a wave
4.

What is the primary source of energy that generates most ocean waves?

a)

earthquakes

b)

wind

c)

moon's gravity

d)

volcanic eruptions

5.

Which of the following causes the waves to be bigger?

a)

when the Sun and Moon's gravity are working together

b)

when winds are blowing stronger

c)

when winds die down

d)

when the salinity of the water increases

6.
A wave can make a leaf bob up and down on the water, but it cannot move the leaf toward the shore. This is because waves only transfer ________
a)
A. matter  
b)
B. energy  
c)
C. media 
d)
D. crests
7.
The energy of the wave moves toward shore, but the water itself stays in place.
a)
True
b)
False
8.

How do most surface waves form?

a)

Winds blow across the ocean surface, giving their energy to the water.

b)

Lightning hits the water and makes the water move.

c)

Moon's gravity pulling on the water.

d)

The salinity of the water changes, which changes its density.

9.

What is the main force that creates ocean surface waves?

a)

Earth's rotation

b)

The tidal pull of the moon and the sun

c)

wind energy

d)

gravitational pull

10.

Which of the following is NOT a factor for creating large surface waves in the ocean.

a)

wind strength

b)

Density of the water

c)

Duration of the wind

d)

Wind speed

11.
mountain ranges in the ocean
a)
mid -ocean ridge
b)
trenches
c)
rift
d)
ocean basin
12.
the deepest part of the ocean
a)
trenches
b)
abyssal plain
c)
ocean basin
d)
rift
13.

the deep flat land of the ocean floor

a)

abyssal plain

b)

rift valley

c)

deep ocean trench

d)

seamount

14.

relatively flat part of continent covered by water

a)

continental shelf

b)

continental rise

c)

continental slope

d)

seamount

15.
What is a deep, steep-sided canyon in the ocean floor?
a)
seamount
b)
trench
c)
continental rise
d)
continental slope
16.
What do you call a steep incline of the ocean floor leading down from the edge of the continental shelf?
a)
continental slope
b)
trench
c)
deep ocean basin
d)
continental rise
17.
What do you call a mountain rising from the ocean seafloor that does not reach to the water's surface (sea level) and thus is not an island?
a)
trench
b)

abyssal plain

c)
seamount
d)
seamount island
18.
The shallow area at the edges of the continents
a)
continental shelf
b)
continental rise
c)
continental slope
d)
guyot
19.

What is the name for Ocean floor feature " b " ?

a)

Abyssal Plain

b)

Mid Ocean Ridge

c)

Trench

d)

Seamount

20.
What is letter C pointing to? 
a)
abyssal plain
b)
seamount
c)
mid-ocean ridge
d)
continental shelf
21.
Letter D is pointing to the...
a)
continental slope
b)
continental shelf
c)
trench
d)
mid-ocean ridge
22.
Which letter is pointing to a trench?
a)
A
b)
D
c)
G
d)
B
23.

The tops of underwater mountains that show above the surface of the ocean form _______________.

a)

volcanic islands

b)

trenches

c)

mountains

d)

coral reefs

24.
Letter A is pointing to the _______________________.
a)
Continental shelf
b)
Mid-ocean ridge
c)
Continental slope
d)
Trench
25.
Which letter is pointing to a volcanic island? 
a)
G
b)
F
c)
A
d)
E
26.
Label F
a)
continental slope
b)
continental shelf
c)
abyssal plain
d)
sea mount