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Earth Unit 2 Review

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

You would probably use seismic, sonar, and satellite technologies to locate which resource?

a)

salt

b)

sand

c)

natural gas

d)

manganese

2.

Two divers are swimming in clear ocean water at a depth of 150m. The first diver is wearing a white wetsuit. When the second diver sees the first diver at that depth, what color would he see?

a)

blue

b)

red

c)

orange

d)

violet

3.

The Salinas River empties into the Pacific Ocean and cuts into the continental shelf, thereby forming which feature?

a)

continental margin

b)

oceanic ridge

c)

guyot

d)

submarine canyon

4.

When the earth, moon, and sun are in a line, the moon's gravity and the sun's gravity work together.

Which tide is experienced when this happens?

a)

high tide

b)

spring tide

c)

low tide

d)

neap tide

5.

Which option is a region with steep undersea mountains and deep valleys?

a)

ocean basic floor

b)

continental margin

c)

ocean ridge

d)

ocean trench

6.

In which environment would you find dolphins?

a)

abyssal

b)

sublittoral

c)

rocky shore

d)

pelagic

7.

Glue secreted by seaweed or barnacles is an adaptation to which environment?

a)

deep ocean

b)

rocky intertidal

c)

shallow oceanic

d)

sublittoral

8.

A cold-tolerant and salt-tolerant type of crab would likely be found in which part of the ocean?

a)

surface-mixed zone

b)

transition zone

c)

deep zone

d)

polar zone

9.

A halocline is a boundary between changing regions of which property?

a)

temperature

b)

salinity

c)

density

d)

sound velocity

10.

Which current has a great impact on reshaping the shoreline?

a)

longshore current

b)

flood current

c)

ebb current

d)

tidal current

11.

Which factor is responsible for deep ocean circulation?

a)

wind

b)

Coriolis force

c)

density differences

d)

friction