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New Ocean

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. What was the main point of the New Ocean story?

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2.

What continent does the Southern Ocean surround?

a)

Australia

b)

Antarctica

c)

Africa

d)

Tasmania

3.

Who approved the Southern Ocean as the world’s 5th ocean?

a)

The Antarctic treaty board

b)

Oceanographers society

c)

The ACC

d)

Map makers at the National Geographic Society

4.

What are the 4 other oceans?

a)

Pacific, Atlantic, Indian and Arctic

b)

Indian, Pacific, Atlantic and Aegean

c)

Arctic, South Pacific, Atlantic and North Pacific

d)

South Atlantic, Aegean, Pacific and Indian

5.

What typically defines an ocean?

a)

Large bodies of water between countries

b)

Big closed bodies of water that are contained within continents

c)

Big open bodies of water that are separated by the continents

d)

Large water that has a strong current

6.

What makes the Southern Ocean an ocean?

a)

Arctic Circle Coordinates

b)

Antarctic Circle Latitude

c)

Antarctic Circumpolar Current

7.

The ACC is the weakest ocean current on our planet.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

What helps keep Antarctica cool and icy?

a)

The Antarctic Circumpolar Current

b)

The number of icebergs that calve each year

c)

The winds from mainland Australia

d)

The whales that bring the cold sea water when migrating

9.

The Southern Ocean is home to thousands of __________ that aren't found anywhere else.

a)

icebergs

b)

species

c)

water currents

d)

polar bears

10.

Think of three questions you have about the Southern Ocean.

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11.

What is bioluminescence?

a)

The way that biology enables light in plants

b)

When organisms live in the biosphere

c)

Biography of an animal

d)

The production and emission of light by a living organism

12.
The large, flat part of the ocean floor is called the _____________. 
a)
trench
b)
continental shelf
c)
continental slope
d)
abyssal plain
13.
What do you call an underwater mountain?
a)
trench
b)
abyssal plain
c)
seamount
d)
volcanic island
14.

A volcanic mountain that rises above the surface of the water is called ____________

a)

trench

b)

island

c)

mid-ocean ridge

d)

seamount

15.

How many major oceans are there in the world?

a)

7

b)

6

c)

5

d)

4

16.

The largest ocean in the world is the

a)

Atlantic

b)

Pacific

c)

Indian

d)

Arctic

e)

Southern

17.

The smallest ocean in the world is the

a)

Atlantic

b)

Pacific

c)

Indian

d)

Arctic

e)

Southern

18.

This ocean was named by scientists in the year 2000

a)

Atlantic

b)

Pacific

c)

Indian

d)

Arctic

e)

Southern

19.
Which moon phase would have the GREATEST effect on ocean tidal ranges.
a)
1st quarter
b)
3rd quarter
c)
new moon
d)
waxing gibbous
20.
Tides are caused by
a)
strong winds that blow over ocean waters.
b)
the interaction of Earth, the moon and the sun.
c)
the shifting of the plates on the ocean floor.
d)
variations in the salinity of ocean water
21.

Oceans cover about ______ of the surface of the earth.

a)

60%

b)

70%

c)

80%

d)

90%

22.

The _________ is located in the North Pole.

a)

Antarctic Ocean

b)

Southern Ocean

c)

Arctic Ocean

d)

Indian Ocean

23.

The ______________ covers a third of the earth's surface.

a)

Indian Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Atlantic Ocean

d)

Arctic Ocean

24.

Jellyfish is an example of

a)

zooplankton

b)

benthos

c)

nekton

25.

Pythoplankton inhabit

a)

the bottom of the ocean

b)

the middle of the ocean

c)

the surface of the ocean

d)

the beginning of the ocean