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Water & Oceans

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Choose the letter of the best answer.


Answers:


a. water cycle

b. condensation

c. evaporation

d. precipitation


Question:


when the water changes into a gas or water vapor

(a)  

2.

Choose the letter of the best answer.


Answers:


a. water cycle

b. condensation

c. evaporation

d. precipitation


Question:


the movement of water from the earth to the air and back to the earth

(a)  

3.

Choose the letter of the best answer.


Answers:


a. water cycle

b. condensation

c. evaporation

d. precipitation


Question:


any type of moisture that falls in the form of snow, rain, sleet, or hail

(a)  

4.

Choose the letter of the best answer.


Answers:


a. water cycle

b. condensation

c. evaporation

d. precipitation


Question:


the process of a gas changing into liquid is called

(a)  

5.

The rise and fall of the water level of the ocean is called ________________.

a)

a tide

b)

a wave

c)

gravity

6.

The up-and-down movement on the surface of the water is called ______________.

a)

a tide

b)

a wave

c)

gravity

7.

Write true or false.


Almost three-fourths of the earth is covered by land.

a)

true

b)

false (water)

8.

Write true or false.


Water can be either fresh water or salt water.

a)

true

b)

false

9.

Write true or false.


Fresh water carries nutrients and minerals to the ocean.

a)

true

b)

false

10.

Write true or false.


Tides happen in different places because the earth rotates as the sun pulls on it.

a)

true

b)

false (moon)

11.

Write true or false.


Many bodies of water have two high tides and three low tides each day

a)

true

b)

false (two)

12.

Write true or false.


Most waves are caused by wind.

a)

true

b)

false

13.

the places where the waters are not bulding

a)

tides

b)

low tides

c)

high tides

d)

waves

14.

the places where the waters buldge

a)

tides

b)

high tides

c)

low tides

d)

waves

15.

Choose the correct answer.


It is a stream of water moving like a river through the ocean.

a)

climate

b)

tides

c)

current

d)

waves

16.

Choose the correct answer


What causes surface currents?

a)

the wind

b)

the waves

c)

the rain

d)

the sun

17.

The usual weather of an area over a long period of time is called the ______________.

a)

wind

b)

climate

c)

temperature

18.

The smallest and shallowest ocean is the __________.

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Arctic Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

19.

The largest and deepest ocean is the ____________.

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Arctic Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

20.

Choose the correct answer.


What are the four main oceans?

a)

the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the African Ocean, the Arctic Ocean

b)

the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Arctic Ocean

c)

the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Southern Ocean, the Arctic Ocean

21.

Choose the letter of the correct answer.


Answer:


a. mid-ocean ridge

b. Arctic Ocean

c. Pacific Ocean

d. plankton

e. Southern Ocean


Question:


the largest and deepest ocean

(a)  

22.

Choose the letter of the correct answer.


Answer:


a. mid-ocean ridge

b. Arctic Ocean

c. Pacific Ocean

d. plankton

e. Southern Ocean


Question:


the smallest and shallowest ocean

(a)  

23.

Choose the letter of the correct answer.


Answer:


a. mid-ocean ridge

b. Arctic Ocean

c. Pacific Ocean

d. plankton

e. Southern Ocean


Question:


the name that has been given to the area that includes the southern parts of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans

(a)  

24.

Choose the letter of the correct answer.


Answer:


a. mid-ocean ridge

b. Arctic Ocean

c. Pacific Ocean

d. plankton

e. Southern Ocean


Question:


tiny plants and animals that live and move throughput the ocean

(a)  

25.

Choose the letter of the correct answer.


Answer:


a. mid-ocean ridge

b. Arctic Ocean

c. Pacific Ocean

d. plankton

e. Southern Ocean


Question:


the longest mountain range in the world

(a)  

26.

Identify whether the statement is true or false.


The ocean becomes brighter as it gets deeper.

True / False

a)

true

b)

false

27.

Identify whether the statement is true or false.


The rotation of the earth causes the tides to occur in different places on the earth.

True / False

a)

true

b)

false