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WorksheetsOceans Sol
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 1hrs 20mins
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Class
Date
1.
If all the water in the ocean were removed, what would the land below it look like?
a)
similar to land on the continents
b)
mostly flat, like a desert
c)
mostly mountains and valleys
d)
mostly small hills and grasslands
2.
What part of the ocean floor does A represent?
a)
continental slope
b)
continental shelf
c)
abyssal plain
d)
seamount
3.
What part of the ocean floor does B represent?
a)
continental slope
b)
continental shelf
c)
abyssal plain
d)
seamount
4.
What part of the ocean floor does C represent?
a)
continental slope
b)
continental shelf
c)
abyssal plain
d)
sea mount
5.
What part of the ocean floor does D represent?
a)
continental slope
b)
continental shelf
c)
abyssal plain
d)
mid-ocean ridge
6.
What part of the ocean floor does E represent?
a)
continental slope
b)
volcanic island
c)
abyssal plain
d)
sea mount
7.
What part of the ocean floor does F represent?
a)
continental slope
b)
continental shelf
c)
abyssal plain
d)
sea mount
8.
When we go to beach, we are allowed to go on ____________
a)
continental slope
b)
continental shelf
c)
abyssal plain
d)
sea mount
9.
Which is true about currents?
a)
They are only found in fresh water
b)
They are movement of water in a circular direction
c)
They are caused by underwater volcanoes
d)
They are only made of cold water
10.
The Gulf Stream runs along the ________ coast of the United States and is one of the _________ currents known.
a)
west, slowest
b)
east, strongest
c)
north, strongest
d)
southeast, weakest
11.
When water evaporates from the surface of the ocean...
a)
fresh water is left behind
b)
salt evaporates into the air
c)
the water is polluted
d)
salt is left behind
12.
Which phrase best describes salinity?
a)
Amount of water that is polluted
b)
Number of fish living in the water
c)
Amount of salt in water
d)
Number of molecules of water in an area
13.
What types of water are most likely to sink below other water because of their greater density?
a)
water that has low salinity
b)
water that is warm
c)
water that is cold and saltly
d)
water that is warm and has greater salinity
14.
Submarines have explored many parts of the ocean. As submarines descend, there is an increase in the _________________.
a)
amount of light
b)
types of ocean organisms
c)
water pressure
d)
water temperature
15.
Which part of the ocean food chain breaks down dead and decayed plants and animals?
a)
sharks
b)
producers
c)
predators
d)
decomposers
16.
Plants and animals of the Earth's oceans are affected by the physical characteristics of the ocean environment. These include: ____________, ___________, and ____________.
a)
depth, wind, currents
b)
temperature, wind, salinity
c)
wind, waves, tides
d)
depth, temperature, salinity
17.
Which of the following are producers?
a)
sharks and seaweed
b)
phytoplankton and seaweed
c)
sand
d)
fish, crabs, and seals
18.
Where in the ocean are the greatest number of living organisms?
a)
in the coral reefs
b)
in the trenches
c)
in the gulf stream
d)
on the shore
19.
In the ocean, as in any food chain, there are __________, __________, and ____________.
a)
producers, consumers, decomposers
b)
producers, consumers, reproducers
c)
consumers, plant eaters, meat eaters
d)
plankton, consumers, and decomposers
20.
A simple food chain might look like this:
a)
Phytoplankton are eaten by krill, krill are eaten by small fish, small fish are eaten by jellyfish, finally, jellyfish are eaten by sea turtles.
b)
Sharks are eaten by whales, whales are eaten by sea lions, sea lions are eaten by jellyfish.
c)
phytoplankton are eaten by jellyfish, jellyfish are eaten by shrimp, shrimp are eaten by whales.
21.
A geological feature in the ocean that is the most shallow is _______________
a)
a continental rise
b)
an ocean trench
c)
a continental slope
d)
a continental shelf
22.
Most of the ocean floor is __________.
a)
abyssal plain
b)
trench
c)
continental shelf
d)
seamounts
23.
Which ocean floor feature is the result of divergent plate boundaries?
a)
trench
b)
guyot
c)
mid-ocean ridge
d)
continental shelf
24.
Which of the following does not affect salinity?
a)
precipitation
b)
river run-off
c)
evaporation
d)
tides
25.
Which warm ocean current affects the climate of Virginia?
a)
Gulf Stream Current
b)
East Australian Current
c)
Pacific Current
d)
African Current
26.
These ocean motions are caused by winds
a)
tides and waves
b)
surface currents and waves
c)
surface and deep water currents
d)
tides and tsnamis
27.
This increases as depth increases________
a)
light
b)
pressure
c)
temperature
28.
As depth increases, temperature _________
a)
increases
b)
stays the same
c)
decreases
29.
As the amount of light increases, pressure_______
a)
decreases
b)
increases
c)
stays the same
30.
The shallow area at the edges of the continents
a)
continental shelf
b)
continental rise
c)
continental slope
d)
guyot
31.
valleys cut deep into the ocean floor
a)
trench
b)
abyssal plain
c)
seamounts
d)
mid-ocean ridges
32.
The flat, smooth part of the deep ocean floor
a)
continental shelf
b)
continental slope
c)
continental rise
d)
abyssal plain
33.
An underwater mountain range
a)
trench
b)
seamount
c)
abyssal plain
d)
mid-ocean ridge
34.
An isolated flat-topped mountain is known as a
a)
trench
b)
mid-ocean ridge
c)
abyssal plain
d)
guyot
35.
The basic ocean motions are
a)
waves, tides, and rivers
b)
waves, tides, and currents
c)
tides, currents, and springs
d)
tides, currents, depth
36.
The highest part of a wave is the
a)
trough
b)
wave length
c)
crest
d)
wave height
37.
The lowest point of a wave
a)
wave length
b)
wave height
c)
crest
d)
trough
38.
This is the distance from crest to crest
a)
crest
b)
trough
c)
wave length
d)
wave height
39.
This is a warm water surface current that affects the climate of Virginia
a)
California current
b)
Gulf Stream
c)
North Atlantic Drift
d)
South Atlantic Current
40.
Animal-like plankton are known as
a)
phytoplankton
b)
zooplankton
c)
photosynthesis
d)
ocean food web
41.
The ocean floor -------
a)
is always a flat bed of sand
b)
is covered by the same amount of water everywhere
c)
has mountains, plains, and ridges like land surfaces
d)
covers less area than the land
42.
At which location are oceans the deepest?
a)
Mid-ocean ridge
b)
Abyssal plain
c)
Ocean trench
d)
Volcanic island
43.
The main difference between ocean water and lake water is that ocean water contains —
a)
oxygem
b)
plants
c)
algae
d)
salt
44.
A person who studies the ocean
a)
geologist
b)
oceanographer
c)
biologist
d)
audiologist
45.
A sharp underwater hill that connects to the continental shelf and the ocean floor
a)
continental shelf
b)
continental slope
c)
continental rise
d)
trench
46.
Depth refers to _________
a)
the amount light at a particular part of the ocean
b)
how far down something is
c)
the amount of force that is exerted on something
d)
the amount of heat energy found at a certain area of the ocean
47.
What ocean floor feature may eventually turn into a volcanic island, like Hawaii?
a)
Trench
b)
Mid-ocean ridge
c)
Rift Valley
d)
Seamount
48.
What percent of Earth is water?
a)
71%
b)
50%
c)
25%
d)
89%
49.
Precipitation that flows over land into rivers, streams, and eventually into the ocean
a)
Precipitation
b)
Condensation
c)
Evaporation
d)
Runoff
50.
What is the main cause of tides?
a)
The gravitational pull of land on Earth
b)
The magnetic pull from the poles
c)
The gravitational pull of the moon
d)
The density differences of water
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