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WorksheetsSOL 4.7 Ocean Test Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Choose 4 events that can impact the level of salinity in the ocean water.
Evaporation
Melting of an iceberg
Rain water running off the land
Depth of the water
Humans swimming in the water
In this food web, which is true?
The Florida Gar is a producer.
The small fish are decomposers.
The shrimp are eaten by the Florida Gar.
Plankton are eaten by algae.
Which animals would be most directly impacted if plankton were to die out?
Largemouth Bass and Frogs
Largemouth Bass and Algae
Insects and Shrimp
Small fish and Florida Gar
Use the picture to answer the question. Match the organisms with whether they are floating, swimming, or non-moving.
Coral-Non Moving
Phytoplankton-Floating
Squid-Swimming
Coral-Floating
Phytoplankton-Non Moving
Squid-Swimming
Coral-Floating
Phytoplankton-Swimming
Squid-Non Moving
What part of ocean water do marine organisms depend on for survival?
Dissolved gases
Sediments
Seaweed
Decaying animal matter
Which of the following marine organisms can be classified as producers? Choose 2 correct answers.
Crabs
Phytoplankton
Seaweed
Flounder
Sharks
This is an angler fish. This organism produces light from its rod-like flesh coming from its forehead. It uses this adaptation to lure its prey out of the dark. What inference can you make about where this marine organism lives?
This fish can live anywhere because it has its own light.
This fish lives near the continental shelf and gets its light from the sun.
This fish will live best on the continental slope.
This fish lives in an ocean trench because it is the deepest, darkest area of the ocean.
Use the picture below to answer this question: Which of the following best represents the abyssal plain?
1
2
3
4
Use the picture below to answer this question: Which of the following best represents the continental shelf?
1
2
3
4
Use the picture below to answer this question: Which of the following best represents an ocean trench?
1
2
3
4
Use the picture below to answer the question. Which of the following is closest to how deep great white sharks dive?
1,000 m
1,500 m
2,000 m
2,500 m
Use the picture below to answer the question. Which is the best inference for why the amount of life decreases as you go deeper into the ocean?
Many organisms do not know how to swim.
Some organisms are floating organisms.
Some organisms are afraid of the dark.
Many organisms need warmer temperatures and air to breathe.
The whale shark swims with minimal movement when it dives deep. This is most likely because—
It needs to conserve energy to survive the cold temperatures.
It does not know how to swim very well.
It is trying to blend in with the ocean floor.
It is frozen in place.
Which of these is an ocean current?
The Dead Sea
The Nile River
The Gulf of Mexico
The Gulf Stream
Most areas of the ocean floor are covered with—
Shells, litter, and clay
Iron, nickel, and salt
Humus, subsoil, and bedrock
Sand, mud, and rocks
Which of these lists the parts of the ocean floor from least to greatest depth?
Continental shelf, continental slope, continental rise, ocean trench
Continental slope, continental rise, ocean trench, continental shelf
Continental shelf, continental rise, continental slope, ocean trench
Ocean trench, continental slope, continental rise, continental shelf
Which is true, according to this chart?
The Caspian Sea is saltier than the Mediterranean Sea.
The Northern Arm of the Great Salt Lake is saltier than the Southern Arm.
The Caspian Sea has the greatest salinity of all the bodies of water listed.
The Mediterranean Sea is saltier than the Dead Sea.
The Caribbean current could best support —
navigation routes for ships carrying goods from one country to another.
the gravitational pull of the moon and the tides.
the amount of light marine organisms receive in that area of the ocean.
longitude and latitude lines of the globe.
Which current would be best to travel down the west coast of the United States?
Peru/Chile current
Brazil current
Gulf Stream
California current
Ocean currents affect the following: (Choose all that apply)
Differences in temperature
The mixing of ocean water
States of matter
Plant and animal populations
The phases of the moon
The picture shows some animals. Which graph most accurately shows the number of animals in the picture?
Graph A
Graph B
Graph C
Graph D
According to the graph, which combination of food would probably bring the most birds to the feeder?
Sunflower seeds and cracked corn
Cracked corn and millet
Millet and safflower seeds
Sunflower and safflower seeds
The chart shows the time it took for bean seeds to germinate at different temperatures. If the trend continues, at a temperature of 5°C the seeds probably will germinate in -
5 days
8 days
13 days
16 days
Which state of matter is characterized by having little, if any, free space between its molecules?
Solid
Liquid
Gas
Plasma
Which state of matter is characterized as having no definite shape, or volume and assumes the shape of its container?
Solid
Liquid
Gas
Plasma
