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WorksheetsOceans and Currents
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 5hrs 0mins
These are ocean currents that are powered by wind: ________________________
Deep water currents
Density currents
Surface currents
Upwellings
Generally, currents running along the West coasts of continents are ___________ currents.
cold
warm
density
At a/an ______________ deep, cold water rises to the ocean surface and brings nutrients up from the bottom of the ocean.
upwelling
abyssal plain
sea mount
estuary
The rise and fall of sea level due to the moon’s gravity is called a _________.
gyre
current
tide
wave
A measure of the amount of salts dissolved in sea water: ____________________
density
saturation
salinity
pressure
Which part of the ocean floor is technically part of a continent?
Abyssal plain
Ocean trench
Seamount
Continental shelf
Which layer of ocean water is the top-most layer; the layer of ocean water that ranges 0 m to 200 m deep?
Epipelagic (Sunlight Zone)
Mesopelagic (Twilight Zone)
Bathypelagic (Midnight Zone)
Abyssopleagic (Abyssal Zone)
Which layer of ocean water can be found at depths of 1000 m to 4000 m?
Epipelagic (Sunlight Zone)
Mesopelagic (Twilight Zone)
Bathypelagic (Midnight Zone)
Abyssopelagic (Abyssal Zone
Which area of the ocean floor covers about 50% of the Earth’s surface?
Continental shelf
Ocean trench
Seamount
Abyssal plain
In which layer would you be most likely to find a photosynthetic organism?
Epipelagic (Sunlight Zone)
Mesopelagic (Twilight Zone)
Bathypelagic (Midnight Zone)
Abyssopelagic (Abysal Zone)
Which area(s) of the ocean floor are the deepest, and the result of a subducting tectonic plate?
Continental shelf
Continental slope
Abyssal plains
Trenches
The difference between ocean level at high tide and ocean level at low tide is called _____________________.
Neep tide
Tidal range
Tidal surge
Spring tide
This forms when a mass of sea water becomes more dense than the surrounding water: _________________________________________
Tidal surge
Tidal range
Density current
Upwelling
Where can you find the least dense ocean water?
Epipelagic (Sunlight Zone)
Mesopelagic (Twilight Zone)
Bathypelagic (Midnight Zone)
Abyssopelagic (Abyssal Zone)
Where does the Oceanic, or Open Ocean, part of the ocean begin?
Above the continental shelf.
At the edge of the abyssal plain.
Above the top edge of the continental slope.
At the shoreline.
What word would be most appropriate to enter into the spot at the space labeled #2 on the paper ocean diagram in front of you?
Oceanic
Continental slope
Neritic
Continental shelf
What word would be most appropriate to enter into the spot at the space labeled #7 on the paper ocean diagram in front of you?
Oceanic
Continental slope
Continental shelf
Abyssal plain
What word would be most appropriate to enter into the spot at the space labeled #8 on the paper ocean diagram in front of you?
Epipelagic
Continental slope
Mesopelagic
Abyssal zone
What word would be most appropriate to enter into the spot at the space labeled #3 on the paper ocean diagram in front of you?
Continental shelf
Continental slope
Epipelagic
Abyssal zone
What word would be most appropriate to enter into the spot at the space labeled #5 on the paper ocean diagram in front of you?
Abyssal plain
Continental Slope
Continental shelf
Mesopelagic
