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Oceans

Total questions: 75

Worksheet time: 3hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Is there more land on water on the Earth?

a)

Land

b)

Water

c)

They are equal

2.

How much of the Earth's water is ocean?

a)

1/100 or 1%

b)

97/100 or 97%

c)

2/100 or 2%

3.

How much of the Earth's water is frozen?

a)

1/100 or 1%

b)

97/100 or 97%

c)

2/100 or 2%

4.

How much of the Earth's water can we drink?

a)

1/100 or 1%

b)

97/100 or 97%

c)

2/100 or 2%

5.

What makes the ocean salty (two answers)?

a)

Oxygen

b)

sodium

c)

chloride

d)

Nitrogen

6.

What is the largest ocean?

a)

Atlantic

b)

Pacific

c)

Indian

d)

Southern

7.

What is an oceanographer?

a)

Someone who studies animals in the ocean

b)

Someone who studies animals in the zoo

c)

Someone who studies oceans

d)

Someone who cleans pools

8.

Are seas smaller or larger than oceans?

a)

Smaller

b)

Larger

c)

They are the same size

9.

Does what happens to one ocean effect what happens to anther?

a)

No, they are different

b)

Yes, they are all connected

10.

What makes winds (there are two answers)?

a)

Wind

b)

Heat

c)

Sun

d)

Playing in the ocean

11.

What makes waves?

a)

wind

b)

sun

c)

heat

d)

playing in the ocean

12.

What is a current?

a)

electric

b)

moving water

c)

a type of whale

d)

the name of an ocean

13.

Where is the strongest current?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Arctic Ocean

d)

Indian Ocean

14.

What is the name of the strongest current?

a)

Gulf Stream

b)

Ridley Stream

c)

Atlantic Steam

15.

What does a current distribute (two answers)?

a)

warmth

b)

coolness

c)

water

d)

salt

16.

What are tides?

a)

salt in the water

b)

movement in the water

c)

a current

17.

What makes the tides (two answers)?

a)

Moon

b)

The Current

c)

Heat

d)

Sun

18.

How many high tides are there every day?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

19.

How many low tides are there every day?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

20.

What happens during high tide?

a)

water pushes onto land

b)

water pulls away from land

c)

waves are bigger

d)

waves are smaller

21.

What happens during low tide?

a)

water pushes onto land

b)

water pulls away from land

c)

waves are bigger

d)

waves are smaller

22.

What is the coast?

a)

The boardwalk

b)

The middle of the ocean

c)

Where the sand and ocean meet

23.

What does the coast look like?a

a)

A beach

b)

A Park

c)

A Boat

24.

What is the temperature of the water on the coast?

a)

Warm

b)

Cold

25.

What is an animal you may see on the coast?

a)

Whale

b)

Crab

c)

Shark

26.

What is an estuary?

a)

The beach

b)

Where the river meets the ocean

c)

A bay

27.

What is brackish water?

a)

A mix of salty and fresh water

b)

The water that comes from the sink

c)

Black water

28.

What is an animal you may see in an Estuary.

a)

Ducks

b)

Whales

c)

Crabs

29.

Where are coral reefs?

a)

Between the tropic of cancer and tropic of capricorn

b)

In the Atlantic ocean

c)

At the Jersey Shore

30.

Is coral alive?

a)

yes

b)

no

31.

What is an animal you could see on a coral reef?

a)

Shark

b)

Duck

c)

Clown fish

32.

I change color to blend in with my surroundings. I also shoot a cloud of ink to confuse my enemies.

a)

Octopus

b)

Butterfly Fish

c)

Sea Turtle

d)

Puffer fish

33.

The eye spot near my tail makes my enemies think the back of me is the front.

a)

Octopus

b)

Butterfly Fish

c)

Sea Turtle

d)

Puffer fish

34.

You might find me sleeping under a ledge. But I need to come up for air.

a)

Octopus

b)

Butterfly Fish

c)

Sea Turtle

d)

Puffer fish

35.

When I need to defend myself, I puff up so my spines stick out.

a)

Octopus

b)

Butterfly Fish

c)

Sea Turtle

d)

Puffer fish

36.

I have poisonous tentacles for capturing food . Clownfish come near me because I cannot harm them.

a)

Sea Anemone

b)

Sea Cucumber

c)

Parrotfish

d)

Moray Eels

37.

I crawl along the reef gathering food with my sticky tentacles. I look like a vegetable.

a)

Sea Anemone

b)

Sea Cucumber

c)

Parrotfish

d)

Moray Eels

38.

I use my strong teeth to eat coral. My teeth are like a parrot's beak.

a)

Sea Anemone

b)

Sea Cucumber

c)

Parrotfish

d)

Moray Eels

39.

I hide my long body in caves. If a fish swims by, I lunge out and grab it with my sharp teeth.

a)

Sea Anemone

b)

Sea Cucumber

c)

Parrotfish

d)

Moray Eels

40.

Where is the kelp forrest?

a)

On the continental shelf

b)

In the mountains

c)

In Ridley Creek State Park

41.

Does the kelp forest need warm or cool water?

a)

Warm

b)

Cool

42.

What is an animal you may see in the kelp forest?

a)

Crab

b)

Seal

c)

Birds

43.

Where is the open ocean?

a)

From one continental shelf to the other

b)

The beach

c)

In the bottom of the ocean

44.

How deep can the ocean get?

a)

1.5 miles

b)

1.5 feel

c)

1.5 inches

d)

1.5 yards

45.

Is there a lot of color in the open ocean?

a)

Yes

b)

No

46.

Where is the Abyss?

a)

At the beach

b)

The very bottom of the ocean

c)

It is a ride at the boardwalk

47.

Is there a lot of pressure in the Abyss?

a)

Yes

b)

No

48.

What is an animal you would see in the Abyss?

a)

Cookie Cutter Sharks

b)

Whales

c)

Birds

d)

Guppies

49.

Will you ever be able to visit the Abyss?

a)

No

b)

Yes

50.

What part of a whale is like nostrils?

a)

Blowholes

b)

Baleen

c)

Flukes

51.

This is a comb like plates that some whales use to eat.

a)

Blowholes

b)

Baleen

c)

Flukes

52.

This is another name for a whales tail.

a)

Blowholes

b)

Baleen

c)

Flukes

53.

This is what it is called when a whale slaps its tail on the water.

a)

Lobtailing

b)

Breaching

c)

Spouting

54.

This is when the whale jumps, head first, out of the water.

a)

Lobtailing

b)

Breaching

c)

Spouting

55.

This is when a whale breathes and water shoots of its blowhole.

a)

Lobtailing

b)

Breaching

c)

Spouting

56.

Are whales mammals?

a)

yes

b)

no

57.

Are whales fish?

a)

yes

b)

no

58.

What is blubber?

a)

a layer of fat

b)

a flipper

c)

fins to help a whale swim

59.

What comes out of the whales blowhole?

a)

water

b)

air

c)

food

60.

Where are the whales dorsal fins?

a)

on the sides of the whale

b)

on their belly

c)

on their back

61.

Do all whales have dorsal fins?

a)

yes

b)

no

62.

What do baleen whales eat?

a)

fish

b)

cheese steaks

c)

plankton

63.

How many blowholes do whales have?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

64.

How does a humpback whale get its food?

a)

with teeth

b)

they order from a menu

c)

a bubble net

65.

Do baleen whales have teeth?

a)

yes

b)

no

66.

What does a toothed whale eat?

a)

squid

b)

sharks

c)

mac and cheese

67.

How do toothed whales find their food?

a)

with their eyes

b)

echolocation

c)

an under water food store

d)

with a fishing rod

68.

What is ecolocation

a)

it is a place to live

b)

it is a map

c)

when sound echo off of objects

69.

Where do whales land when they breech?

a)

Their bellies

b)

Their sides

c)

Their backs

70.

Which humpback whales sing?

a)

Males

b)

Females

71.

What does it mean to migrate?

a)

move together in a group

b)

to be great at something

c)

to live together

72.

Do whales travel alone?

a)

Yes

b)

No

73.

What is a group of whales called?

a)

A group

b)

A School

c)

A Pod

d)

A Family

74.

Why do whales travel together

a)

To protect each other

b)

So no one gets lost

c)

So they aren't bored

75.

Are bottlenosed dolphins and harbor porpoises considered whales?

a)

Yes

b)

No