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4.7 Oceans SOL

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the Ocean Feature shown at number 1

a)

Continental Shelf

b)

Continental Slope

c)

Continental Rise

d)

Abyssal Plain

2.

What is the Ocean Feature shown at number 2

a)

Continental Shelf

b)

Continental Slope

c)

Continental Rise

d)

Abyssal Plain

3.

What is the Ocean Feature shown at number 3

a)

Continental Shelf

b)

Continental Slope

c)

Continental Rise

d)

Abyssal Plain

4.

What is the Ocean Feature shown at number 4

a)

Continental Shelf

b)

Continental Slope

c)

Continental Rise

d)

Abyssal Plain

5.

Which feature would have the least amount of sunlight and the least amount of life?

a)

Seamount

b)

Abyssal Plain

c)

Continental Shelf

d)

Ocean Trench

6.

Which feature would have the most amount of sunlight and the most amount of life?

a)

Seamount

b)

Abyssal Plain

c)

Continental Shelf

d)

Ocean Trench

7.

Using the Ocean Food web, which answer gives the correct order of an ocean food chain?

a)

Large shark, Tuna, Mackeral, Small fish

b)

Mackeral, Small Fish, Tuna, Shark

c)

One-celled like, shrimp-like creatures, small fish, Tuna, Shark.

d)

One-celled life, shrimp-like creatures, mackeral, tuna, shark.

8.

Using the Ocean Food web, which answer gives the correct order of an ocean food chain?

a)

Tuna, Herring, Dogfish, Seal

b)

Plankton, Scallop, Dogfish, Seal

c)

Plankton, Krill, Mackerel, Scallop

d)

Krill, Herring, Cod, Seal

9.

Which Organisim in the Food web gets its energy from the Sun?

a)

Large shark

b)

Tuna

c)

Small Fish

d)

Phytoplankton

10.

These are tiny producers that live in the Sunlight zone. Most Ocean organisms depend on them for food. What are these?

a)

Zooplankton

b)

Phytoplankton

11.

When water evaporates from the surface of the ocean, does that increase or decrease the salinity of the ocean water?

a)

Increase the salinity

b)

Decrease the salinity

12.

When water evaporates from the surface of the ocean, does that increase or decrease the salinity of the ocean water?

a)

Increase the salinity

b)

Decrease the salinity

13.

When it rains in the ocean, does that increase or decrease the salinity of the ocean water?

a)

Increase the salinity

b)

Decrease the salinity

14.

Salinity is the _______ of the water.

a)

saltiness

b)

wetness

c)

temperature

d)

tides

15.

What are the causes of Ocean Currents? (Pick three)

a)

The moon's gravity

b)

The differences in temperature

c)

The differenences in salinity

d)

Wind Patterns

e)

A large herd of whales swimming togethers.

16.

The moon's gravity effects what?

a)

Ocean Currents

b)

Ocean Waves

c)

Ocean Depth

d)

Ocean Tides

17.

What is an accurate conclusion that can be made about plants that live close to the water's surface?

a)

Plants need the ocean currents to survive.

b)

Organisms can't live deep in the ocean.

c)

Nothing can live in the dark parts of the ocean.

d)

Plants need sunlight for photosynthesis.

18.

Select all the Floating Organisms below:

a)

Sharks

b)

Plankton

c)

Fish

d)

Phytoplankton

19.

Select all the Swimming Organisms below:

a)

Sharks

b)

Plankton

c)

Fish

d)

Coral

20.

Select all the non-moving Organisms below:

a)

Sharks

b)

Plankton

c)

Fish

d)

Coral

21.

The Gulf Stream Current is a major current that flows off the coast of

a)

Africa

b)

The United States

c)

South America

d)

North America

22.

The Gulf Stream Current helps control the temperature and climate of this area

a)

The Hudson Bay in Canada

b)

The Eastern Coast of the United States

c)

The Eastern Coast of South America

d)

The Western Coast of North America

23.

The Gulf Stream Current helps control the temperature and climate of this area

a)

The Hudson Bay in Canada

b)

The Eastern Coast of North America

c)

The Eastern Coast of South America

d)

The Western Coast of United States