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Oceans & Hydrothermal vents quiz

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What percent of Earth is covered with water ?

a)

70%

b)

30%

c)

97%

d)

3%

2.

What percent of Earth's water is fresh?

a)

70 %

b)

30%

c)

3%

d)

97%

3.

What percent of Earth's water is salted ?

a)

70

b)

30

c)

97

d)

3

4.

Label Earths oceans

5.

Which Ocean is the smallest?

a)

Atlantic

b)

Pacific

c)

Indian

d)

Southern

e)

Arctic

6.

What term is given to riverwater when it contains salt ?

a)

Brackish

b)

Salinity

c)

Salty

d)

Fresh

7.

What is the most abundant salt in the ocean?

a)

sodium

b)

sodium chloride (NaCl)

c)

calcium chloride (CaCl2)

d)

chlorine

8.

Select two reasons as to why salinity can DECREASE

a)

Evaporation because water is changing into water vapor leaving salt behind.

b)

Freshwater is added to ocean at the mouths of large rivers as they empty freshwater into oceans.

c)

Freshwater is added by rain, snow, and melting ice.

d)

Surface water freezes into ice, leaving salt behind.

9.

Select two reasons as to why salinity can INCREASE

a)

Evaporation because water is changing into water vapor leaving salt behind.

b)

Freshwater is added to ocean at the mouths of large rivers as they empty freshwater into oceans.

c)

Freshwater is added by rain, snow, and melting ice.

d)

Surface water freezes into ice, leaving salt behind.

10.

What does the word buoyancy mean?

a)

the ability to sink

b)

the ability to float

c)

density

d)

salinity

11.

What happens to the density of water as its salinity increases?

a)

its density increases

b)

its density decreases

c)

its density remains the same, but the temperature increases

d)

its density remains the same, but the temperature decreases

12.

The salinity of an ocean will increase when a freshwater source flows into it.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Salinity means _________

a)

SALTINESS or the amount of salt present in a water body

b)

the amount of carbon di oxide in air

c)

salt pans

14.

3. The process of changing water vapor (gas) into tiny droplets of liquid water in the atmosphere.

a)

a. respiration

b)

b. condensation

c)

c. precipitation

d)

d. evaporation

15.

[2:16] The process that organisms use to create energy in the deep ocean is known as ​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
Chemosynthesis
Photosynthesis
Fusion
Endosynthesis
16.

[3:50] Hydrothermal vents can be found near ___

a)

Plate Boundaries

b)

Coastlines

c)

Tall Mountains

d)

Lakes and Rivers

17.

[5:15] Hydrothermal vents form due to ___

a)

Ice Caps Melting

b)

Magma underneath the ocean floor

c)

Global Warming

d)

Heat from the bodies of dead fish

18.

[7:56] Because organisms can perform chemosynthesis near hydrothermal vents, this means ___

a)

there is a lot of life near hydrothermal vents

b)

there is pretty much no life near hydrothermal vents

19.

Organisms that can live in extreme environments are called:

a)

hooligans

b)

extremists

c)

extremophiles

d)

extremely rare