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Oceanography: Unit 1

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Know for their exploring the organisms close to the shore

a)

Polynesians

b)

Phoenicians

c)

Greeks

d)

Vikings

2.

1st accomplished Western navigators, sailing around in the Mediteranean, Red Sea, and Indian Oceans as early as 2000 B.C.

a)

Polynesians

b)

Phoenicians

c)

Greeks

d)

Vikings

3.

Had detailed knowledge of marine life and navigation that their descendants retain today

a)

Polynesians

b)

Phoenicians

c)

Greeks

d)

Vikings

4.

Archaeologists are still working to understand ____ culture (seafaring warriors, raiders)

a)

Polynesians

b)

Phoenicians

c)

Greeks

d)

Vikings

5.

Which of these explorers was successful?

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Pedro Àlvares Cabral

d)

John Cabot

e)

Ben Franklin

6.

Circumnavigation

(a)  

7.

Celestial Navigation

(a)  

8.

Why did they travel the sea and explore?

a)

Spices/Resources

b)

Desire for knowledge

c)

Expand Christianity

d)

Claim more land

9.

What did the Earth look like early on in its formation?

a)

Full of life

b)

Very cold

c)

Lots of oxygen

d)

Very hot and not habitable

10.

How old is the Earth?

(a)  

11.

Which of these are plate tectonic movements?

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Transform

12.

How did the oceans initially form on Earth?

a)

Condensation of water into rain which filled basins on Earth

b)

A magical fairy

c)

A water dragon

d)

It just appeared one day

13.

What is the oceanic crust?

a)

The outermost layer of Earth's lithosphere

b)

Found under the oceans

c)

Formed at spreading centres on oceanic ridges

d)

Occur at divergent plate boundaries

14.

What is the continental crust?

a)

Less dense than the oceanic crust

b)

Made up of granite

c)

Younger than the oceanic crust

d)

Lighter colored than the oceanic crust

15.

Where did life on Earth begin?

a)

In the sky (bird like creatures)

b)

On land (mammal like animals)

c)

In the ocean (microorganisms near underwater vents)

d)

Underground (mole)

16.

What was the Electric Spark Theory?

a)

Hypothesized by Oparin and Haladane

b)

They tied a key to a kite and run with it while a storm was above them

c)

Early atmosphere contained NH3, CO2, H20, H2, and CH4

d)

Inclusion of lightning could combine to make organic compounds

17.

Types of life forms that first formed on earth

(a)  

18.

What is bathymetry?

a)

The study of the "floor" specifically the ocean floor

b)

The study of bath bombs

c)

The study of the level of salinity in certain bodies of water

d)

Study of bath tubes

19.

Passive Margin

(a)  

20.

Active Margin

(a)  

21.

Which of these are included in the Ocean Basin?

a)

Continental Shelf

b)

Continental Slope

c)

Continental Rise

d)

Abyssal Plain

e)

Submarine Canyon

22.

Which of these are included in the Ocean Basin?

a)

Seamount

b)

Island

c)

Volcanic Arc

d)

Trench

e)

Guyot