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19-20 Oceanography

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why is oceanography an interdisciplinary study?

a)

You are required to have all the degrees before studying oceanography.

b)

It involves different fields of science such as biology, chemistry, physics, and even astronomy.

c)

You need to study English, history, and math before you can understand the ocean.

d)

Without discipline the mind falters.

e)

All of the above.

2.

In the dreariest deepest depths of the ocean one theory states that life began near __________________________.

a)

sun spots

b)

where darkness lay, so can light appear

c)

underwater caves

d)

hydro-thermal vents

e)

did we talk about this? I was not paying attention

3.

____________________ of oil are extracted from the Golf Coast per day.

a)

6.8 million barrels

b)

1.8 million barrels

c)

16.8 million barrels

d)

1.0 billion barrels

e)

Tons

4.

Below the sunlit surface waters lies the _____________________.

a)

city of Atlantis

b)

megalodons

c)

twilight zone

d)

currents

e)

none of the above

5.

Otters were nearly hunted to extinction before the ______ century.

a)

18th

b)

19th

c)

20th

d)

21st

e)

17th

6.

Otter populations have recovered to be in the _______.

a)

tens

b)

fifty range

c)

hundreds

d)

thousands

e)

millions

7.

Otters consume up to ______ of their body weight in food.

a)

a quarter

b)

a third

c)

a fifth

d)

half

e)

all

8.

Why do we know so little about the twilight zone?

a)

It only ran for five seasons.

b)

It's difficult to study and exceedingly large.

c)

Everything we send to it disappears.

d)

Nothing can reach it.

e)

None of the above.

9.

When should you check Focus for your current grade in Earth Space Science?

a)

'I'll get to it tomorrow'

b)

the week before fall break

c)

the week before winter break

d)

when Mr. Espinosa expresses disappointment in me

e)

all the time from the beginning of each quarter

10.

Why do sting rays take their time in choosing a spider crab to eat?

a)

sting rays are picky with their food

b)

it was looking for recently molted crabs

c)

it was overwhelmed by the possibilities

d)

it was looking for the biggest spider crab

e)

it was looking for the smallest spider crab

11.

What does the ocean transport?

a)

Weather

b)

Particles

c)

Matter

d)

Waves

e)

Energy

12.

What is the carbon cycle ?

a)

The natural process in which carbon goes from the atmosphere to plants, to organisms, to fossil fuels and back to the atmosphere.

b)

The process of an organism converting food into energy and into carbon.

c)

Carbon being recycled within the ocean only.

d)

Carbon being recycled within the atmosphere only.

e)

All of the above.

13.

Which of the following is one of the geographic ocean names?

a)

Antarctic Ocean

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Mediterranean Ocean

d)

Gulf of Alaska

e)

Gulf of Mexico

14.

Which of the following is NOT a geographic ocean?

a)

Southern Ocean

b)

Arctic Ocean

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Caribbean Ocean

e)

Atlantic Ocean