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Oceanography

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are trenches?

a)

the most shallow part of the ocean

b)

coats that spies wear

c)

the deepest parts of the ocean

d)

the scientific study of the ocean

2.

What are underwater mountain ranges called?

a)

current

b)

oceanic ridges

c)

submersibles

d)

continental shelf

3.

Which is the biggest fish of all?

a)

bull shark

b)

nurse shark

c)

great white shark

d)

whale shark

4.

Who uses a tank of compressed air to explore deep under the water?

a)

scuba driver

b)

scooby diver

c)

scuba diver

d)

Sandy the Squirrel

5.

What is the name of an underwater breathing device?

a)

lungs

b)

gills

c)

scuba diver

d)

aqualung

6.

What are gills?

a)

the structure in a fish that removes dissolved oxygen from the water

b)

what fish use to see

c)

what fish use to swim

d)

an isolated mountain range

7.

What is a small submarine called?

a)

aqualung

b)

seamount

c)

submarine

d)

submersible

8.

What is an undersea lab?

a)

a dog that likes water

b)

the bottom of the ocean

c)

a place scientists can live underwater to study the ocean

d)

a hotel that anyone can stay at

9.

What is the largest animal that has ever lived?

a)

blue whale

b)

dolphin

c)

spotted whale

d)

great white shark

10.

What does an octopus have?

a)

6 tentacles, suction cups and a hark beak in its mouth

b)

8 tentacles, plastic cups, and a soft beak in its mouth

c)

10 tentacles and suction cups

d)

8 tentacles, suction cups, and a hard beak in its mouth

11.

What has 10 tentacles, is very aggressive, and can change color?

a)

octopus

b)

squid

c)

jellyfish

d)

turtle

12.

What has a body shaped like a bell or a bowl with stinging tentacles?

a)

squid

b)

octopus

c)

jellyfish

d)

clown fish

13.

What are plankton?

a)

tiny plants and animals that live on the ocean floor

b)

tiny plants and animals that float in the upper regions of the ocean

c)

underwater land

d)

a flowing stream within the ocean

14.

What is the Gulf Stream?

a)

a cool ocean current flowing from the Gulf of Mexico

b)

a warm ocean current flowing from the Gulf of Mexico

c)

a warm ocean current flowing from the Persian Gulf

d)

a cool ocean current flowing from the Persian Gulf

15.

What is the name of the scientific study of the ocean?

a)

Biology

b)

Microbiology

c)

Oceanography

d)

Oceanology

16.

What is the bottom of the ocean called?

a)

the ocean basement

b)

the ocean bottom

c)

the ocean shelf

d)

the ocean floor

17.

What is a flowing stream within the ocean that helps moderate earth's climate called?

a)

a wave

b)

a slope

c)

a current

d)

a river

18.

What is the continental slope?

a)

the land between the continental shelf and the ocean floor

b)

the land between the ocean floor and the underwater mountains

c)

a gradual drop from the land to the ocean

d)

a slope of the continent

19.

What is the continental shelf?

a)

something to put books on

b)

underwater currents

c)

underwater land along the edges of the continents

d)

underwater land touching the ocean floor

20.

What are seamounts?

a)

an isolated underwater mountain

b)

another name for seahorse

c)

a range of under water mountains

d)

tiny plants and animals that float in the upper regions of the ocean