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U2P1 - Vocabulary Words

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A smooth, nearly flat region of the deep ocean floor.

a)

seamount

b)

abyssal plain

c)

density

d)

groundwater

2.

Density

a)

mass of an object divided by its volume.

b)

the salt content of sea water.

c)

water that fills the cracks and spaces underground soil and rock layers.

d)

a submarine mountain.

3.

A large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another stream.

a)

Lake

b)

Sswamp

c)

River

d)

Puddle

4.

the salt content of water

a)

reservoir

b)

watershed

c)

pollution

d)

salinity

5.

a large body of water surrounded by land

a)

stream

b)

lake

c)

river

d)

swamp

6.

an underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water

a)

intertidal zone

b)

aquifers

c)

reservoir

d)

continental shelf

7.

the average kinetic energy of the particles in a substance.

a)

temperature

b)

motion

c)

groundwater

d)

pollution

8.

water that fills the cracks and spaces underground soil and rock layers

a)

trench

b)

aquifers

c)

groundwater

d)

abyssal plain

9.

a gently sloping, shallow area of ocean floor that extends outward from the edge of the continent

a)

open ocean zone

b)

continental shelf

c)

seamount

d)

mid-ocean ridge

10.

a steep incline of the ocean floor leading down the edge of the continental shelf

a)

intertidal zone

b)

groundwater

c)

continental slope

d)

open ocean zone

11.

an area that strentched from the highest high-tide line on land out to the point on the continental shelf exposed by the lowest tide

a)

intertidal zone

b)

continental shelf

c)

open ocean zone

d)

mid-ocean ridge

12.

a region in which a layer of limestone close to the surface creates deep valleys, caverns, and sinkholes

a)

karst topography

b)

mid-ocean ridge

c)

seamount

d)

pollution

13.

the deepest, darkest area of the ocean beyond the edge of the continental shelf

a)

continental slope

b)

mid ocean ridge

c)

open ocean zone

d)

karst topography

14.

the presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects.

a)

density

b)

water shed

c)

temperature

d)

pollution

15.

a lake that stores water for human use

a)

reservoir

b)

lake

c)

river

d)

trench

16.

a submarine mountain

a)

density

b)

swamp

c)

seamount

d)

mid ocean ridge

17.

an area of low-lying uncultivated ground where water collects

a)

trench

b)

swamp

c)

lake

d)

reservoir

18.

the land that supplies water to our river system

a)

pollution

b)

river

c)

water shed

d)

karst topography

19.

a deep, steep sided canyon in the ocean floor

a)

trench

b)

groundwater

c)

mass

d)

pollution

20.

an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced.

a)

trench

b)

abyssal plain

c)

mid-ocean ridge

d)

open ocean zone