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WorksheetsAubin's Oceanography
Total questions: 74
Worksheet time: 1hrs 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is letter C?
a)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
b)
Cont. Shelf
c)
Cont. Slope
d)
Abyssal Plain
2.
What is letter D?
a)
Cont. Shelf
b)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
c)
Volcanic Island
d)
Seamount
3.
What is letter E?
a)
Volcanic Island
b)
Seamount
c)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
d)
Abyssal Plain
4.
What is letter A?
a)
Cont. Shelf
b)
Cont. Slope
c)
Abyssal Plain
d)
Abyssal Plain
5.
What is letter G?
a)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
b)
Rift
c)
Trench
d)
Cont. Shelf
6.
What letter is B?
a)
Cont. Shelf
b)
Cont. Slope
c)
Cont. Rise
d)
Abyssal Plain
7.
An Abyssal Plain is similiar to...
a)
Cont. Shelf
b)
The Grand Canyon
c)
The Great Plains
d)
Hidden Valley
8.
Trench is similiar to ...
a)
The Grand Canyon
b)
The Great Plains
c)
Rocky Mountains
d)
The Black Hole
9.
The gradually sloping part of a continent that extends under the ocean is the...
a)
continental slope
b)
continental shelf
c)
abyssal plain
d)
trench
10.
The _____ extends from the edge of the continental shelf down to the ocean floor.
a)
abyssal plain
b)
continental slope
c)
mid-ocean ridge
d)
trench
11.
______ are flat areas of sea floor formed when valleys are filled in with sediment.
a)
mid ocean ridges
b)
continental shelves
c)
abyssal plains
d)
continental slopes
12.
The place where new ocean floor forms is called the...
a)
mid ocean ridge
b)
abyssal plain
c)
trench
d)
continental shelf
13.
____ are formed on the sea floor when one crustal plate is shoved under another crustal plate.
a)
continental shelves
b)
trenches
c)
mid ocean ridges
d)
abyssal plains
14.
The continental slope is located at the end of the...
a)
shoreline
b)
continental shelf
c)
mid ocean ridge
d)
abyssal plain
15.
A mid-ocean ridge is formed from...
a)
abyssal plains
b)
the continental shelf
c)
lava
d)
a trench
16.
New ocean floor is being formed at a rate of approximately __ a year along the Mid Atlantic Ridge.
a)
2.5m
b)
2.5cm
c)
2.5L
d)
2.5 km
17.
Coral reefs are found on...
a)
continental slopes
b)
continental shelves
c)
abyssal plains
d)
trenches
18.
Along North America's Pacific coast, the ____ is narrow.
a)
trench
b)
abyssal plain
c)
continental shelf
d)
continental slope
19.
Lava erupts through...
a)
the abyssal plain
b)
mid ocean ridges
c)
continental slopes
d)
ocean trenches
20.
What is the name of the largest and most powerful surface current in the North Atlantic Ocean?
a)
Gulf of Mexico
b)
Pacific Steam
c)
Gulf Stream
d)
Atlantic Ocean steam
21.
In the northern hemisphere, the Coriolis effect causes currents to do which of the following?
a)
curve counterclockwise
b)
curve clockwise
c)
reverse directions
d)
sink
22.
What is the horizontal distance between wave crests called?
a)
wave height
b)
trough
c)
wavelength
d)
frequency
23.
What is the name of a climate event that occurs every two to seven years in the Pacific Ocean.
a)
La Nina
b)
El Nina
c)
La Nino
d)
El Nino
24.
What are 3 wave characteristics?
a)
wavelength, frequency, wave energy
b)
crest, trough, wavelength,
c)
wave height, wave motion, crest
d)
wavelength, frequency, motion
25.
How do waves form?
a)
Wind blowing across the surface
b)
Time wind blows
c)
Strength of the wind
d)
Wind when blows upwards off the water
26.
How do conditions vary in Earth's oceans?
a)
Varies in Salinity, Sodium, Depth
b)
varies in temperature, salinity, calcium
c)
Varies in salinity, temperature and depth.
d)
varies in sonar, depth, temperature
27.
What is the name of the largest and most powerful surface current in the North Atlantic Ocean?
a)
Gulf of Mexico
b)
Pacific Steam
c)
Gulf Stream
d)
Atlantic Ocean steam
28.
Which is not an ocean?
a)
Pacific
b)
Alantic
c)
Michigan
d)
Arctic
29.
Ocean water is healthy for drinking.
a)
true
b)
false
30.
The salt that is in your salt shaker is the same salt that is in our oceans?
a)
true
b)
false
31.
Most of the Earth's water is in
a)
salty oceans
b)
freshwater lakes
c)
freshwater ponds
d)
glaciers
32.
Temperature affects this greatly
a)
color
b)
density
c)
chlorine
d)
thermocline
33.
The amount of dissolved solids present in the water
a)
salinity
b)
chlorine
c)
nitrogen
d)
density
34.
Zone of rapid temperature change due to the depth of the ocean
a)
color
b)
density
c)
thermocline
d)
salinity
35.
Compound found in ocean water that effects salinity
a)
sodium chloride
b)
sodium
c)
chlorine
d)
density
36.
Surface currents are a result of
a)
Global Wind Patterns
b)
Earth's Rotation
c)
Density
d)
All of the above
37.
Deep Ocean currents are a result of
a)
Global Wind Patterns
b)
Earth's Rotation
c)
Density
d)
All of the above
38.
The Coriolis Effect is caused by
a)
Earth rotating around the sun
b)
Earth rotating on its axis
c)
The tides
d)
Gravity
39.
The Gulf stream carries _____________ water from the east coast of The United States to the West coast of Europe.
a)
Cold
b)
Warm
c)
Freezing
d)
Fresh
40.
As you go deeper in the ocean, the water is colder and less salty.
a)
True
b)
False
41.
What happens to a current when it comes in contact with a continent or landmass?
a)
It continues over the continent
b)
It stops
c)
It changes direction
d)
It is absorbed by the land
42.
Due to the Coriolis Effect, water in the northern hemisphere moves
a)
clockwise
b)
counter clockwise
c)
both
d)
neither
43.
Due to the Coriolis Effect, water in the southern hemisphere moves
a)
clockwise
b)
counter-clockwise
c)
both
d)
neither
44.
Warm ocean currents generally come from
a)
The North Pole
b)
The South Pole
c)
The Equator
d)
Both A and B
45.
Cold ocean currents generally come from
a)
The North Pole
b)
The South Pole
c)
The Equator
d)
Both A and B
46.
Two types of water currents are
a)
local and global
b)
sea and land
c)
surface and deep
d)
warm and cold
47.
Ocean currents have an affect on which two things
a)
climate and weather
b)
temperature and density
c)
land and sea
d)
equator and poles
48.
A strong surface current that runs along the east coast of the United States and carries warm water to Europe.
a)
California Current
b)
Global Conveyor Belt
c)
Gulf Stream
d)
Surface Current
49.
Constantly moving system of deep-ocean circulation driven by temperature and salinity. It moves water around the globe.
a)
California Current
b)
Global Conveyor Belt
c)
Surface Currents
d)
Gulf Stream
50.
A horizontal movement of ocean water that is caused by wind and that occurs at or near the ocean's surface.
a)
Gulf Stream
b)
Global Conveyor Belt
c)
Surface Current
d)
Gyre
51.
What process brings the deep cold ocean currents up to the surface?
a)
Conduction
b)
Global Wind Patterns
c)
Convection Currents
d)
Temperature and salinity
52.
Tides are caused by
a)
strong winds that blow over ocean waters.
b)
the interaction of Earth, the moon and the sun.
c)
the shifting of the plates on the ocean floor.
d)
variations in the salinity of ocean water
53.
What causes tides?
a)
gravity
b)
wind
c)
spring
d)
neap
54.
What do we call a tide that has a large range?
a)
gravity
b)
wind
c)
spring
d)
neap
55.
What do we call the small tides that happen when the sun and moon are at right angles to each other?
a)
Neap Tide
b)
Spring Tide
c)
Larger Change
d)
Smaller Change
56.
What type of tides would this arrangement of earth-moon-sun create?
a)
neap tide
b)
spring tide
c)
new moon tide
d)
full moon tide
57.
Wha type of tide would this arrangement of earth-moon-sun create?
a)
full moon tide
b)
new moon tide
c)
neap tide
d)
spring tide
58.
Which moon phase is shown in this diagram?
a)
new moon
b)
first quarter
c)
full moon
d)
last quarter/3rd quarter
59.
Which body has the greater effect on Earth's tides?
a)
Sun
b)
Saturn
c)
Moon
d)
Venus
60.
At the same time the sea is drawn to the moon, another tidal bulge takes place on other side of Earth?
a)
Yes
b)
No
c)
Maybe
d)
I don't know!
61.
What is a difference between spring and neap tides?
a)
Spring tides occur when the earth and sun are IN LINE with the new or full moon.
b)
Spring tides occur when moon in 3rd or 1st quarter phases
c)
Spring tides are LOWER than neap tides
62.
The size of a wave is NOT affected by the
a)
length of time the wind blows across the water
b)
salinity of the water
c)
strength of the wind
d)
distance the wind blows across the water.
63.
Currents that flow FROM the poles towards the equator are usually
a)
warm
b)
cold
c)
irregular in motion
d)
no specific temperature
64.
High tide occurs two times a(n)
a)
hour
b)
month
c)
day
d)
year
65.
If tides alternate from high to low and there are two of each type of tide a day, about how many hours will generally be between each different tide?
a)
2 hours
b)
6 hours
c)
12 hours
d)
24 hours
66.
If the first HIGH tide of the day occurs at 1:00 A.M., the next high tide will come closest to
a)
7:00 AM
b)
7:00 PM
c)
1:00 PM
d)
1:00 AM
67.
The difference in levels of ocean water at high and low tides is the _________________.
a)
low tide
b)
tidal range
c)
high tide
d)
slack water
68.
_________________ form when wind blows the crest off of a wave.
a)
Breakers
b)
Undertows
c)
Rip currents
d)
Whitecaps
69.
_______________ are caused by earthquakes on the ocean floor, volcanic eruptions, or underwater landslides.
a)
tides
b)
waves
c)
tsunamis
d)
surface currents
70.
The factors that affect surface currents are________________.
a)
salinity, temperature, and turbidity
b)
wind, salinity, turbidity
c)
wind, salinity, temperature
d)
wind, Coriolis Effect, continental barriers
71.
What pole is the Falkland current coming from?
a)
North Pole
b)
South Pole
72.
What current is off the WEST coast of South America?
a)
Alaska
b)
Brazil
c)
Peru
d)
South Equitorial
73.
What continent does the Gulf Stream go to?
a)
Europe
b)
Asia
c)
South America
d)
Africa
74.
What type of climate does the west coast of North America have?
a)
Cold Climate
b)
Warm Climate
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