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WorksheetsOceanography Review
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 13mins
True or False: At a passive margin, you will find a large amount of magma upwelling
True
False
True or False: Water has a low specific heat
True
False
The deepest portion of the ocean will be
Trenches
Continental Shelves
Continental Slopes
Continental Rise
How many main gyres does the world have?
4
5
6
7
What's a gyre?
True or False: An active continental shelf will have a large amount of sand built up
True
False
Which continental plate is heavier?
Continental
Oceanic
What drives deep water currents?
Gravity
Density
Wind
Temperature
Waves are caused by?
Wind
The sun
The moon
The Coriolis effect
What does the ocean circulate?
Heat
Nutrients
Organisms
Gases
Light
Which water has a higher density?
Salt water
Fresh water
Seafloor spreading creates
Trenches
Mid-ocean ridges
Plateaus
Caverns
What is not a small scale ocean movement?
Waves
Longshore currents
Rip currents
Tides
In the Southern Hemisphere, water deflects to the
Right
Left
North
South
Which water has a higher density?
Warm water
Cold water
What drives surface currents?
Unequal solar heating
Wind
Coriolis effect
Gravity
All of the above
Which ocean does El Nino occur in?
Indian
Atlantic
Arctic
Pacific
Which zone of the ocean has relatively constant temperatures and densities?
Surface mixed zone
Pycnocline
Apical zone
Deep zone
Which boundary occurs when two plates slide past each other?
Transformative
Convergent
Divergent
Sliding
Which tides have the highest levels?
King tides
Neap tides
Spring tides
Fall tides
An oceanic plate rams into a continental plate, what happens?
The oceanic plate subducts
The continental plate subducts
The plates are rammed upwards
Nothing happens
To be considered an El Nino event, the period of warm water must last at least
2 months
5 months
7 months
13 months
In which location would you not find a thermocline?
North pole
The equator
Oregon coast
Which has a greater effect on the tides?
Sun
Moon
Which phenomenon is associated with increased upwelling?
El Nino
La Nina
Pacific Decadal Oscillation
Hurricanes
