WorksheetsWeek 8 Brainy and the Ballistic
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 24mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is country 2
a)
Mexico
b)
South Mexico
c)
Puerto Rico
d)
Guatemala
2.
What is country 9
a)
Cuba
b)
Haiti
c)
Dominican Republic
d)
Panama
3.
What is country 10
a)
Panama
b)
Costa Rica
c)
Nicaragua
d)
Honduras
4.
What is country 12
a)
Haiti
b)
Dominican Republic
c)
Cuba
d)
Jamaica
5.
When people remove trees from forests, this is called...
a)
slash and burn
b)
deforestation
c)
pollution
d)
ecotourism
6.
This mountain range goes across Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras?
a)
Cordillera de Talamanca
b)
Rocky Mountains
c)
Andes Mountains
d)
Sierra Madre Mountains
7.
Why is "slash and burn" outlawed in all Central American countries?
a)
Countries won't be able to make money off of ecotourism.
b)
It reduces the water supply.
c)
Slash and burn is more dangerous than terrace farming.
d)
Trees are a major export in many Central American countries.
8.
The area of land these Central American countries are located on is called an Isthmus. Describe an isthmus?
a)
A narrow strip of land that stretches into a major land area.
b)
A narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas.
c)
A narrow strip of land surrounded by two major bodies of water.
d)
A narrow strip of land surrounded by three bodies of water.
9.
What 2 bodies of water border Central America?
a)
Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean
b)
Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean
c)
Pacific Ocean and Gulf of Mexico
10.
What kind of climate does Central America have?
a)
Hot and Humid
b)
Rainy
c)
Cool and Mild
d)
Cold
11.
Two of the region's best known exports are
a)
Pineapple and cattle
b)
Corn and rice
c)
Bananas and coffee
d)
Beans and oranges
12.
An isthmus is:
a)
wide section of land
b)
an island
c)
narrow strip of land between 2 larger land areas surrounded by water
d)
a Mayan holiday
13.
Deforestation means:
a)
planting lots of trees
b)
spraying the forests for bugs
c)
cutting down the forests to use the land for other things
d)
A new kind of air freshener
14.
The Panama Canal is:
a)
large fishing zone
b)
located in Guatemala
c)
a major shipping and transportation route
d)
closed
15.
The economy of Central America is mostly based on:
a)
industry
b)
fishing
c)
agriculture
d)
mining
16.
The Panama Canal connects what 2 bodies of water?
a)
Atlantic Ocean and the Dead Sea
b)
Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea
c)
Lake Ontario and Lake Huron
d)
Fremont Lakes and Platte River
17.
What is the steep slope at the edge of the continental shelf?
a)
seamount
b)
mid-ocean ridge
c)
continental slope
d)
rift zone
18.
What are underwater mountain ranges called?
a)
continental shelf
b)
mid-ocean ridges
c)
abyssal plains
d)
continental slopes
19.
Where is the shallowest part of the ocean floor?
a)
continental slope
b)
continental shelf
c)
abyssal plains
d)
rift zones
20.
What is the flat land located on either side of the mid-ocean ridge?
a)
continental slope
b)
continental shelf
c)
abyssal plain
d)
ocean basin
21.
What is the deepest part of the ocean basin?
a)
abyssal plains
b)
trenches
c)
rift zones
d)
mid-ocean ridge
22.
a gently sloping, shallow area of the ocean floor that extends outward form the edge of the continent
a)
continental shelf
b)
continental slope
c)
abyssal plain
d)
mid-ocean ridge
23.
What is an underwater mountain formed by a volcano?
a)
trench
b)
rift zone
c)
seamount
d)
mid ocean ridge
24.
What is the steep slope at the edge of the continental shelf?
a)
seamount
b)
mid-ocean ridge
c)
continental slope
d)
rift zone
25.
What are underwater mountain ranges called?
a)
continental shelf
b)
mid-ocean ridges
c)
abyssal plains
d)
continental slopes
26.
How much salt is in something is called_____________
a)
Salinity
b)
Evaporation
c)
Seamount
27.
Label A
a)
continental slope
b)
continental shelf
c)
abyssal plain
d)
sea mount
28.
Label C
a)
continental slope
b)
continental shelf
c)
abyssal plain
d)
sea mount
29.
Label F
a)
continental slope
b)
continental shelf
c)
abyssal plain
d)
sea mount
30.
What is label G
a)
Trench
b)
Mid ocean ridge
c)
abyssal plain
d)
sea mount
31.
As you go deeper in the ocean, the water is warmer and less salty.
a)
True
b)
False
32.
Approximately what percentage of Earth's surface is covered by oceans?
a)
40%
b)
50%
c)
60%
d)
70%
33.
What happens to pressure as you go deeper into the ocean?
a)
increases
b)
decreases
c)
stays the same
d)
doubles
34.
The two main parts of a wave are_____
a)
Wavelengths and wave heights.
b)
Swells and whitecaps.
c)
Crests and troughs.
d)
Rises and dips.
35.
How much salt is in something is called_____________
a)
Salinity
b)
Evaporation
c)
Seamount
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