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VA 5th Grade SOL Oceans

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

As depth increases..........

a)

Things become shallow

b)

temperature decreases, pressure increases, and light decreases

c)

It is more salty

d)

An Ocean Current

2.

Valleys cut deep into the ocean floor

a)

Plankton

b)

Salinity

c)

Surface Current

d)

Ocean Trench

3.

Amount of salt found in water

a)

Photic Zone

b)

Gulf Stream

c)

Photosynthesis

d)

Salinity

4.

Underwater Volcanoes and Mountains?

a)

Seamounts or Mid- Ocean Ridge

b)

Mountain Ridge

c)

Coastal Plains

d)

Abyssal Plains

5.

gently sloping shelf of land extending from the shoreline to the continental edge

a)

Continental Slope

b)

Continental Shelf

c)

Continental Rise

d)

Abyssal Plain

6.

Sharp underwater hill connecting the continent to the ocean floor?

a)

Ocean

b)

Coral Reef

c)

Plankton

d)

Continental Slope

7.

Sand, Mud, and rocks that are found on the ocean floor are called?

a)

Jet Stream

b)

Photosynthesis

c)

Ocean Current

d)

Sediments

8.

Tiny living creatures that float near the oceans surface and move with currents

a)

Sea horses

b)

Plankton

c)

jelly fish

d)

sharks

9.

the process in which plants use light energy to make food

a)

Pistil

b)

Pollen

c)

Anther

d)

Photosynthesis

10.

the constant movement of ocean water that is caused by the patterns of wind and water density

a)

Ocean Current

b)

Continental Drift

c)

Land Before Time

d)

Zooplankton

11.

As the depth of the ocean water increases, the temperature...

a)

increases (warmer)

b)

decreases (colder)

12.

Organisms, like seaweed, that make food through the process of photosynthesis

a)

consumers

b)

producers

c)

decomposers

d)

omnivores

13.

Organisms, like bacteria and worms, that feed on and break down dead organisms.

a)

consumers

b)

producers

c)

decomposers

d)

carnivores

14.

Which BEST describes an ocean?

a)

freshwater systems

b)

saltwater system that covers about 70% of the Earth's surface

c)

mixed or brackish water systems

d)

saltwater system that covers 5% of the Earth's surface