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6th grade Science Chapter 9

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the continuous flow of ocean water in a certain direction?

a)

current

b)

nertic

c)

brine pool

d)

tide

2.

What is the zone located between high and low tides?

a)

intertidal zones

b)

tidal zone

c)

continental shelf

d)

longshore current

3.

What are the organisms that live on the ocean floor called?

a)

benthos

b)

nectin

c)

plankton

d)

eels

4.

The movement of water caused by waves that strike the shore at an angle are _____.

a)

longshore current

b)

shortshore current

c)

tides

d)

benthos

5.

A gentling sloping area of the ocean floor that extends outward from the shoreline is a _____.

a)

Ocean floor

b)

Continental shelf

c)

Brine pool

d)

wave

6.

What are free swimming animals in the ocean called?

a)

plankton

b)

benthos

c)

necton

d)

fish

7.

What is the zone that extends from the low-tide line out to the edge of the continental shelf?

a)

continental shelf

b)

neritic zone

c)

intertidal zone

d)

abyssal plain

8.

What are the tiny algae and animals that float on the water's surface?

a)

necton

b)

plankton

c)

benthos

d)

bioluminescence

9.

The ocean zone that extends from the edge of the continental shelf and covers that open ocean is called ___.

a)

neritic zone

b)

intertidal zone

c)

oceanic zone

d)

continental shelf

10.

This is the production of light by living organisms

a)

electricity

b)

sparkle

c)

glow

d)

bioluminescence

11.

What are the three basic ways that ocean water moves?

a)

tides

b)

waves

c)

currents

d)

tsunamis

12.

These are formed when water breaks through a sandbar and rushes back to the sea.

a)

rip current

b)

current

c)

global winds

d)

longshore current

13.

These begin when wind blows across the surface of the ocean.

a)

currents

b)

tides

c)

waves

d)

tsunamis

14.

These are formed because of differences in density.

a)

trade winds

b)

gyres

c)

deep currents

d)

surface currents

15.

The hydro-logic cycle is another name for the ____.

a)

water cycle

b)

water salinity

c)

amount of water that should be consumed daily

d)

water table

16.

Water density is equal to what TWO things?

a)

salinity

b)

mass

c)

temperature

d)

volume

17.

Water is always ________.

a)

cold

b)

moving

c)

dense

d)

salty