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Test 9/14/23 Oceans & seas, H2O Chem, Exploring the Oceans

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the name of the passenger ship that sank in the North Atlantic in 1912?

a)

R.M.S. Titanic

b)

R.M.S. Britannic

c)

R.M.S. Lusitania

d)

R.M.S. Olympic

2.

How many passengers drowned in the sinking of the Titanic?

a)

1513

b)

711

c)

2224

d)

1178

3.

Why did the Titanic sink?

a)

The ship collided with an iceberg

b)

The ship was not constructed properly

c)

The ship was overloaded with cargo

d)

The ship's captain made a navigation error

4.

How was the Titanic finally located in 1985?

a)

Through the use of modern technology

b)

By following historical records

c)

By chance discovery during an oceanographic expedition

d)

Through eyewitness accounts

5.

What were the earliest boats made from?

a)

Logs

b)

Metal

c)

Plastic

d)

Concrete

6.

Which civilization established the earliest recorded trade routes?

a)

Phoenicians

b)

Romans

c)

Greeks

d)

Vikings

7.

What made Viking ships superior to other ships of their time?

a)

starboard

b)

flat bottoms

c)

decorations

d)

stern

8.

Who was the first person to attempt to circumnavigate the Earth?

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

John Cabot

c)

Amerigo Vespucci

d)

Ferdinand Magellan

9.

Who was the first explorer to sail around the world?

a)

Giovanni da Verrazano

b)

Jacques Cartier

c)

Hendry Hudson

d)

Ferdinand Magellan

10.

Which explorer explored the coast of North America from Georgia to Massachusetts?

a)

Giovanni da Verrazano

b)

Jacques Cartier

c)

Hendry Hudson

d)

Ferdinand Magellan

11.

Who explored and mapped the river that was later named after him?

a)

Giovanni da Verrazano

b)

Jacques Cartier

c)

Hendry Hudson

d)

Ferdinand Magellan

12.

Who was the British navigator and explorer known for his scientific exploration of the oceans?

a)

Giovanni da Verrazano

b)

Jacques Cartier

c)

Hendry Hudson

d)

Captain James Cook

13.

Who published the book 'On the Origin of Species by Natural Selection'?

a)

Matthew Fontaine Maury

b)

Charles Darwin

c)

Sir Charles Wyville Thompson

d)

Fridtjof Nansen

14.

Which ship was associated with a scientific program that made many discoveries to lay the foundation of oceanography?

a)

H.M.S. Beagle

b)

H.M.S. Challenger

c)

Fram

d)

Meteor

15.

What device, invented by Fridtjof Nansen, is still used today to collect water samples from different depths in the water column?

a)

Nansen bottle

b)

Sonar

c)

Logbook

d)

Beagle

16.

What is the main reason water is considered a universal solvent?

a)

It has a small size

b)

It is a polar molecule

c)

It has high heat capacity

d)

It has high viscosity

17.

How many different states can water exist in?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

18.

Which property of water allows light to pass through?

a)

Transparency

b)

Surface tension

c)

Viscosity

d)

Sound propagation

19.

What is the range of temperature measured in for every species?

a)

Kelvin

b)

Fahrenheit

c)

Celsius

d)

Rankine

20.

What is the total amount of dissolved salts in seawater called?

a)

Salinity

b)

Density

c)

Viscosity

d)

Transparency

21.

Which factor affects the density of seawater? (two answer choices)

a)

Salinity

b)

Temperature

c)

Pressure

d)

All of the above

22.

What is the rapid change in temperature in the ocean called?

a)

Thermocline

b)

Halocline

c)

Upwelling

d)

Barotrauma

23.

What is the pressure exerted by the water mass called?

a)

Hydrostatic pressure

b)

Atmospheric pressure

c)

Ambient pressure

d)

Barometric pressure

24.

What is the term for any diving injury caused by pressure changes?

a)

Barotrauma

b)

Eutrophication

c)

Ocean acidification

d)

Nitrogen narcosis

25.

Which nutrients act as fertilizers in the sea?

a)

Nitrate and phosphate

b)

Carbon and oxygen

c)

Calcium and magnesium

d)

Sodium and potassium

26.

What is the increase in CO2 content of seawater called?

a)

Eutrophication

b)

Ocean acidification

c)

Thermocline

d)

Halocline

27.

What is the deterioration of shells due to increased calcification called?

a)

Eutrophication

b)

Ocean acidification

c)

Thermocline

d)

Halocline

28.

What is the increase in nitrogen in the blood called?

a)

Barotrauma

b)

Eutrophication

c)

Ocean acidification

d)

Nitrogen narcosis

29.

What is the rapid change in salinity in the ocean called?

a)

Thermocline

b)

Halocline

c)

Upwelling

d)

Barotrauma

30.

What is the pressure exerted by the air mass called?

a)

Hydrostatic pressure

b)

Atmospheric pressure

c)

Ambient pressure

d)

Barometric pressure

31.

The Indian Ocean stretches between ____________ and _________ .

a)

Asia, Australia

b)

Asia, Antarctica

c)

Asia, Europe

32.

Which letter represents the Caribbean Sea?

a)

P

b)

Q

c)

R

d)

S

33.

Which ocean is between North America and Europe?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Southern Ocean

34.

What body of water is letter X?

a)

North Sea

b)

Red Sea

c)

Baltic Sea

d)

Mediterranean Sea

35.

The United States is bordered by the ___________________ and the _____________________ Ocean.

a)

Pacific and Atlantic

b)

Indian and Arctic

c)

Indian and Southern

d)

Southern and Pacific

36.

In what sea are the yellow circles?

a)

Mediterranean

b)

Black

c)

Red

d)

Caspian

37.
What ocean is between Africa and Australia?
a)
Pacific ocean
b)
Indian ocean
c)
Atlantic ocean
d)
Southern ocean
38.

Check 2 the oceans of the Earth.

a)

Pacific

b)

Indian

c)

South China

d)

Red

39.

What are the 5 oceans?

a)

Atlantic, Indian, Pacific, Arctic, Southern ocean

b)

Pacific, Arctic, Southern, Mediterranean, Atlantic ocean

c)

Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, Southern, North ocean

d)

Pacific, Arctic, Southern, Black, Indian ocean

40.

What ocean is the blue lightning bolt in?

a)

Pacific

b)

Atlantic

c)

Arctic

d)

Indian

41.

What ocean is the blue circle in?

a)

Indian

b)

Arctic

c)

Antartic

d)

Southern

42.

What ocean is the red triangle in?

a)

Arctic

b)

Indian

c)

Atlantic

d)

Pacific

43.

What ocean is the purple circle in?

a)

Pacific

b)

Eastern

c)

Atlantic

d)

Southern

44.

What ocean is the purple moon in?

a)

Atlantic

b)

Pacific

c)

Eastern

d)

Arctic

45.

The green lightning bolts are in what sea?

a)

Red

b)

Black

c)

Mediterranean

d)

South

46.

The _________ is located around the North Pole.

a)

Antarctic Ocean

b)

Southern Ocean

c)

Arctic Ocean

d)

Indian Ocean

47.
Identify # 1
a)
Sea of Japan
b)
South China Sea
c)
East China Sea
d)
Sea of Okhotsk
48.
Identify #2
a)
Caribbean Sea
b)
Gulf of Mexico
c)
Hudson Bay
d)
Mediterranean Sea
49.

Where is Hudson Bay?

a)

W

b)

X

c)

Y

d)

Z

50.

Where is the Gulf of Mexico?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

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