WorksheetsOceans (SOL)
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 45mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Label A
a)
continental slope
b)
continental shelf
c)
abyssal plain
d)
sea mount
2.
Label B
a)
continental slope
b)
continental shelf
c)
abyssal plain
d)
sea mount
3.
Label C
a)
continental slope
b)
continental shelf
c)
abyssal plain
d)
sea mount
4.
How much salt is in something is called_____________
a)
Salinity
b)
Evaporation
c)
Seamount
5.
Tides are caused primarily by the _______ gravity.
a)
Spring
b)
moon's
6.
What is the daily rise and fall of sea level at a given place along the shore called?
a)
wave
b)
tide
c)
upwelling
d)
barrier reef
7.
Oceans cover about ___ % of the Earth.
a)
20
b)
25
c)
70
d)
75
8.
As the depth of the ocean increases, the temperature _______.
a)
decreases
b)
increases
c)
stays the same
9.
As the depth of the ocean increases, water pressure ________.
a)
decreases
b)
stays the same
c)
increases
10.
Which level of the ocean has the most plants and marine life?
a)
trench
b)
continental shelf
c)
abyssal plain
d)
continental slope
11.
What part of the ocean floor does D represent?
a)
continental slope
b)
continental shelf
c)
abyssal plain
d)
mid-ocean ridge
12.
How does the depth of the ocean affect how much light that part of the ocean receives?
a)
The ocean gets lighters as it gets deeper.
b)
The more shallow the ocean, the darker it appears.
c)
The deeper the ocean is, the darker it gets.
d)
There is no connection between depth and light in the ocean.
13.
Which of the following are producers?
a)
sharks and seaweed
b)
phytoplankton and seaweed
c)
sand
d)
fish, crabs, and seals
14.
Most of the ocean floor is the flat bottom which is called the __________.
a)
abyssal plain
b)
trench
c)
continental shelf
d)
seamounts
15.
valleys cut deep into the ocean floor
a)
trench
b)
abyssal plain
c)
seamounts
d)
mid-ocean ridges
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