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Ed Stenzel's Summer Time Quiz on Oceans

Total questions: 54

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which movement of ocean water is caused by the Moon?

a)

waves

b)

tides

c)

shallow currents

d)

deep currents

2.

What is the source for most of the water vapor that enters the atmosphere through evaporation?

a)

land

b)

plants

c)

oceans

d)

mountains

3.

When high tides and low tides are at their most extreme, they are said to be...

a)

bottom tides

b)

spring tides

c)

neap tides

d)

trench tides

4.

The picture shows the ocean floor topography. What is the ocean feature at point Y?

a)

continental slope

b)

midocean ridge

c)

seamount

d)

trench

5.

Deep ocean bottoms are generally cold, dark, and lifeless. However, some organisms have been discovered existing near thermal vents on the ocean floor. What makes these organisms different from MOST other organisms in the way that they obtain energy?

a)

They do not use oxygen.

b)

They can live near hot water.

c)

They can tolerate high pressure.

d)

They do not use sunlight.

6.

What would happen to the seasons if Earth were no longer tilted on its axis?

a)

The seasons would be longer.

b)

There would be no more seasons.

c)

The seasons would happen in a different order.

d)

There would be bigger temperature changes between seasons.

7.

This zone is the warmest and is at the top of the ocean?

a)

Deep Zone

b)

Transition Zone

c)

Surface Zone

d)

Open Ocean Zzone

8.

This is the middle zone where the temperature starts to drop quickly.

a)

Transition Zone

b)

Surface Zone

c)

Intertidal Zone

d)

Deep Zone

9.

This animal group is small and can't move on there own.

a)

Plankton

b)

Nekton

c)

Benthos

d)

Shark

10.

This animal group can swim throughout the water column.

a)

Benthos

b)

Plankton

c)

Nekton

d)

Crab

11.

This is the coldest temperature zone.

a)

Transition Zone

b)

Deep Zone

c)

Intertidal Zone

d)

Surface Zone

12.

This animal group lives on the bottom.

a)

Benthos

b)

Nekton

c)

Plankton

d)

Whale

13.

This is a steep slope on the ocean floor.

a)

Continental shelf

b)

Continental slope

c)

Abyssal plain

d)

Seamount

14.

This is the flat area of the ocean floor.

a)

Mid-ocean rigde

b)

Abyssal plain

c)

Seamount

d)

Continental shelf

15.

This is an underwater volcano that does not reach the surface.

a)

Seamount

b)

Mid-ocean ridge

c)

Abyssal plain

d)

Continental slope

16.

This is the part of the ocean floor that is a gentle slope and extends from the continent.

a)

Continental slope

b)

Abyssal plain

c)

Continental shelf

d)

Seamount

17.

This is a deep valley on the ocean floor.

a)

Mid-ocean ridge

b)

Trench

c)

Abyssal plain

d)

Seamount

18.

This is an underwater mountain chain, where new ocean floor is added.

a)

Trench

b)

Seamount

c)

Mid-ocean ridge

d)

Abyssal plain

19.

This is what we use to map the ocean floor. Hint it uses sound waves.

a)

SONAR

b)

Radar

c)

boats

d)

Submarine

20.

This zone goes from high tide to low tide.

a)

Neritic zone

b)

Intertidal zone

c)

open ocean zone

d)

surface zone

21.

This zone goes from low tide to the edge of continental shelf.

a)

Neritic zone

b)

surface zone

c)

Intertidal zone

d)

open ocean zone

22.

This zone goes from the edge of the continental shelf to the rest of the ocean.

a)

Neritic zone

b)

interidal zone

c)

open ocean zone

d)

surface zone

23.
What are the three motions of the ocean?
a)
continental shelf, continental rise, continental slope
b)
waves, tides, currents
24.
Surface currents are caused by ___________.
a)
temperature and salinity
b)
wind
25.
The Gulf Stream is a ______________ current.
a)
surface
b)
deep ocean
26.
a)
continental rise
b)
continental slope
27.
a)
trench
b)
seamount
28.
Where can a lot of the animals in the ocean be found?
a)
continental shelf
b)
abyssal plain
29.
a)
tides
b)
currents
30.
TRUE or FALSE
As depth increases temperature also increases.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
31.
What are underwater mountains called?
a)
mountain ranges
b)
seamounts
32.
This part of the ocean floor is not covered with thick layers of sediment.
a)
mid-ocean ridges
b)
continental rise
33.
If you are surfing at the beach you are on the _____________.
a)
abyssal plain
b)
continental shelf
34.
TRUE or FALSE
The depth of the ocean is always the same.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
35.
TRUE or FALSE
Salinity of ocean water is not the same everywhere.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
36.
TRUE or FALSE
The temperature of the ocean is different depending on where you are.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
37.
Approximately what percentage of Earth's surface is covered by oceans?
a)
40%
b)
50%
c)
60%
d)
70%
38.
What happens to pressure as you go deeper into the ocean? 
a)
increases
b)
decreases
c)
stays the same
d)
doubles
39.
Rainfall and river runoff cause the salinity to _________________. 
a)
increase
b)
decrease
40.
A tsunami is an unusually large wave caused by
a)
an earthquake or volcano
b)
increased gravitational pulls when the sun and moon line up
c)
a heat wave
d)
extreme winds   
41.
movement of ocean water far below the surface
a)
surface curretns
b)
deep currents
c)
high tide
d)
low tide
42.
How to Gyres move?
a)
move clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and Counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere
b)
moves counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
43.
Deep-ocean currents are driven by 
a)
differences in soil
b)
differences in the water’s density,
c)
differences in nutrients 
d)
None of the Above
44.

The way Earth's rotation makes the winds and ocean currents curve

a)

Coriolis Effect

b)

Cuticle Effect

c)

Revolution

d)

rotation

45.
Throughout the year, there is usually some wind blowing at the beach during the day and night. What is the cause of these winds?
a)
air flowing down mountains to the ocean
b)
differences in the humidity over land and ocean
c)
differences in the temperature of land and ocean 
d)
air flowing from the upper parts of the atmosphere
46.
What is the property of water that allows it to stick to other surfaces?
a)
Surface tension
b)
Cohesion
c)
Adhesion
d)
Solubility
47.
The layer in which temperature rapidly decreases
a)
halocline
b)
pycnocline
c)
thermocline
48.
What is the cause of rising surface temperatures of the Pacific Ocean, drought in the western United States, and flooding on the Pacific coast of South America?
a)
the Gulf Stream
b)
the Jet Stream
c)
La Nina
d)
El Nino
49.
What is a substance that is dissolved in another substance? 
a)
solution
b)
solute
c)
solvent
d)
compound
50.
What is a solvent?
a)
The substance that does the dissolving in a solution.
b)
The substance that is being dissolved in a solution.
c)
The mixing of different substances.
d)
The process in which neutral molecules lose or gain electrons
51.
Temperature, light, air, water, and soil are all  _____  parts of the environment
a)
alive
b)
biotic 
c)
abiotic
d)
living
52.
The study of relationships between biotic and abiotic factors interacting in the same area.
a)
Ecology
b)
Biology
c)
Zoology
d)
Botany
53.
A pool of sea water found along a rocky shoreline.
a)
jetty
b)
tide pool
c)
submersible
d)
transpiration
54.
An underwater vehicle.
a)
submersible
b)
car
c)
van
d)
truck

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