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Oceanography Review

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

True or False: At a passive margin, you will find a large amount of magma upwelling

a)

True

b)

False

2.

True or False: Water has a low specific heat

a)

True

b)

False

3.

The deepest portion of the ocean will be

a)

Trenches

b)

Continental Shelves

c)

Continental Slopes

d)

Continental Rise

4.

How many main gyres does the world have?

a)

4

b)

5

c)

6

d)

7

e)

What's a gyre?

5.

True or False: An active continental shelf will have a large amount of sand built up

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Which continental plate is heavier?

a)

Continental

b)

Oceanic

7.

What drives deep water currents?

a)

Gravity

b)

Density

c)

Wind

d)

Temperature

8.

Waves are caused by?

a)

Wind

b)

The sun

c)

The moon

d)

The Coriolis effect

9.

What does the ocean circulate?

a)

Heat

b)

Nutrients

c)

Organisms

d)

Gases

e)

Light

10.

Which water has a higher density?

a)

Salt water

b)

Fresh water

11.

Seafloor spreading creates

a)

Trenches

b)

Mid-ocean ridges

c)

Plateaus

d)

Caverns

12.

What is not a small scale ocean movement?

a)

Waves

b)

Longshore currents

c)

Rip currents

d)

Tides

13.

In the Southern Hemisphere, water deflects to the

a)

Right

b)

Left

c)

North

d)

South

14.

Which water has a higher density?

a)

Warm water

b)

Cold water

15.

What drives surface currents?

a)

Unequal solar heating

b)

Wind

c)

Coriolis effect

d)

Gravity

e)

All of the above

16.

Which ocean does El Nino occur in?

a)

Indian

b)

Atlantic

c)

Arctic

d)

Pacific

17.

Which zone of the ocean has relatively constant temperatures and densities?

a)

Surface mixed zone

b)

Pycnocline

c)

Apical zone

d)

Deep zone

18.

Which boundary occurs when two plates slide past each other?

a)

Transformative

b)

Convergent

c)

Divergent

d)

Sliding

19.

Which tides have the highest levels?

a)

King tides

b)

Neap tides

c)

Spring tides

d)

Fall tides

20.

An oceanic plate rams into a continental plate, what happens?

a)

The oceanic plate subducts

b)

The continental plate subducts

c)

The plates are rammed upwards

d)

Nothing happens

21.

To be considered an El Nino event, the period of warm water must last at least

a)

2 months

b)

5 months

c)

7 months

d)

13 months

22.

In which location would you not find a thermocline?

a)

North pole

b)

The equator

c)

Oregon coast

23.

Which has a greater effect on the tides?

a)

Sun

b)

Moon

24.

Which phenomenon is associated with increased upwelling?

a)

El Nino

b)

La Nina

c)

Pacific Decadal Oscillation

d)

Hurricanes