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Savvas Earths Ocean

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Do you feel like you know a lot about the oceans?

a)

Yes

b)

No

2.

What is the scientific study of Earth’s Oceans?

a)

Oceanist

b)

Oceanography

c)

Sea-studies

d)

Oceanology

3.

SONAR stands for:

a)

Seas & oceans new accessing regulations

b)

Super ocean navigation access requirements

c)

Sound navigation and ranging

d)

Sound on new atypical reaching

4.

Where did the oceans come from?

a)

Comets, meteors and volcanoes

b)

Rivers and glaciers

c)

They were just there when the Earth was formed

d)

Rain, snow, sleet and hail

5.

What % of Earth’s water do the oceans make up?

a)

51%

b)

82%

c)

75%

d)

87%

6.

The sea level is slowly rising right now

a)

True

b)

False

7.

El Niño and La Niña do not affect us because we do not live close to the ocean.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

What are the 3 main layers of the ocean?

a)

Top, middle, and bottom

b)

Surface layer, declining layer, and deep layer

c)

Shallow layer, deeper layer, and very deep layer

d)

Surface layer, thermocline, and bottom layer

9.

Select the true statement

a)

Seawater is more dense than lake water

b)

Seawater freezes faster than lake water

c)

The Pacific Ocean has the same surface temperature on both coasts.

d)

All deep water organisms have adapted to see in the dark.

10.

How many major deep water masses are there?

a)

10

b)

3

c)

5

d)

7

11.

Polar waters have less salinity than tropical waters.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

What is the highest and lowest point of a wave called?

a)

Tip and base

b)

Crest and trough

c)

Top and bottom

13.

What does wave height depend on?

a)

Fetch, wind duration and wind speed

b)

Depth of water, precipitation, temperature

c)

Wind speed, time of day, particles in water

14.

What influences the tides?

a)

The sun only

b)

The moon only

c)

The sun and moon

d)

The direction the wind is blowing

15.

Surface currents move clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

What is a vertical current called?

a)

Upwelling

b)

Eruptions

c)

Elevation currents

d)

Upward currents

17.

Select what is true of the Global Conveyor Belt

a)

Unchanging movement of water

b)

Only flows through the surface of the ocean

c)

Is only in the deepest parts of the ocean

d)

Formed from density currents