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WorksheetsOceans and Waterways-ESS Week 2
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
The process of water moving from the Earth to the atmosphere and back again is called the _____?
water cycle
Earth cycle
atmosphere cycle
life cycle
How do experts choose the best shipping routes to ship goods across the ocean on a boat?
They study weather patterns
They study currents and wind patterns
They study the length of the day
They study popular destinations
What happens when the slightest change happens in an ecosystem?
Nothing happens.
It affects part of the system.
It affects the whole system.
The ecosystem ignores the change.
Which of the following was Matthew Maury's greatest accomplishment?
Maury sailed around the world in the fastest time.
Maury discovered the smallest member of the ocean's food chain.
Maury learned how to create maps.
Maury mapped the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.
How much of the Earth is covered with water in the hydrosphere?
about 75 percent
less than 1 percent
about 2 percent
more than 97 percent
What might happen if smaller fish had to leave one area of the ocean because the temperature changed?
The small fish would eat the plankton
The large animals might lose their food source
The ocean waves might change
The plants in that area could not survive
What is missing from the following food chain:
sun---- __?__ ---- plankton ---- fish and ocean animals
sharks
whales
decaying plants and animals
microscopic organisms
What would be an appropriate title for the following:
sun----tiny organisms----plankton----fish and ocean animas
Ocean Food Chain
Land Food Chain
Life Cycle
Earth Cycle
_____ is a large, salty body of water.
Food Chain
Plankton
Ocean
Evaporation
The process in which larger creatures eat small creatures or plants is called a _____.
water cycle
ecosystem
marine snow
food chain
_____ are tiny sea creatures.
Plankton
Marine snow
Ocean
Evaporation
The process of liquid water changing to water vapor and gas is called _____.
food chain
evaporation
water cycle
marine snow
What are tiny fragments of plants and animals, always falling toward the ocean floor?
tiny organisms
food chain
marine snow
plankton
How is the ocean food chain like the land food chain? Choose 2 answers.
The bigger organisms eat the smaller organisms.
Sea creatures feed off of plants located on the land.
When the bigger organisms die, the smaller organisms feed off of their decaying bodies.
They both include ocean animals.
Why is the ocean salty?
The ocean is salty because sea creatures carry salt from land to the ocean and it falls to the bottom of the ocean floor.
The ocean is salty because of the type of water that is in it.
The ocean is salty because rivers, steams, and lakes are always washing salty minerals from far inland toward the oceans.
The ocean is salty because water evaporates into the air, and the precipitation that falls has salt in it and it falls into the ocean.
