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Ocean Environment Test

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The measure of all salts dissolved in water is -

a)

cleanliness

b)

salinity

c)

brackishness

d)

freshness

2.

Select all that are true. The salinity of the ocean caries in some places due to

a)

rates of evaporation

b)

depth of the water

c)

melting icebergs

d)

amount of runoff from nearby land

e)

how often people go to the beach

3.

Select all of the ways Ocean organisms are grouped

a)

flying

b)

floating

c)

swimming

d)

non-moving

4.

What makes up the ocean?

a)

gases

b)

water

c)

dissolved solids

d)

trash

e)

organisms

5.

______: A green plant that makes its own food from sun, air, and water.

a)

Producer

b)

Primary Consumer

c)

Secondary Consumer

d)

Decomposer

6.

______: An animal that eats a producer.

a)

Producer

b)

Primary Consumer

c)

Secondary Consumer

d)

Decomposer

7.

______: An organism that eats the primary consumer.

a)

Producer

b)

Primary Consumer

c)

Secondary Consumer

d)

Decomposer

8.

______: An organism that breaks down dead materials, like bacteria and worms.

a)

Producer

b)

Primary Consumer

c)

Secondary Consumer

d)

Decomposer

9.

This is an example of a -

a)

Food Web

b)

Food Flow

c)

Food

d)

Food Chain

10.

- this is where the continent ends and the ocean begins.

a)

Continental Shelf

b)

Continental Slope

c)

Continental Rise

d)

Abyssal Plain

e)

Ocean Trench

11.

- the sloping border of the continent that is below water. It is also where we find most ocean life.

a)

Continental Shelf

b)

Continental Slope

c)

Continental Rise

d)

Abyssal Plain

e)

Ocean Trench

12.

- A deep cut in the ocean floor

- found near the abyssal plain

- occurs at the seam of two plates

a)

Continental Shelf

b)

Continental Slope

c)

Continental Rise

d)

Abyssal Plain

e)

Ocean Trench

13.

- the steep slope to the ocean floor

- this is the transition between the continental crust and oceanic crust

a)

Continental Shelf

b)

Continental Slope

c)

Continental Rise

d)

Abyssal Plain

e)

Ocean Trench

14.

- a flat, smooth surface

- made of sediment from the continent

- true ocean floor

a)

Continental Shelf

b)

Continental Slope

c)

Continental Rise

d)

Abyssal Plain

e)

Ocean Trench