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WorksheetsUnit 11 Oceans Review
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 1hrs 10mins
Choose 4 events that can impact the level of salinity in the ocean water.
Depth of the water
Evaporation
Melting of an iceberg
Rain water running off the land
Humans swimming in the water
In this food web, the (a) are eaten by the Florida Gar.
Plankton
Algae
Insects
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.
Non-moving
Coral
Floating
Phytoplankton
Swimming
Squid
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.
Flounder
Seaweed
Phytoplankton
Crabs
Sharks
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.
Which of the following best represents the abyssal plain?
1
2
3
4
Which of the following best represents the continental shelf?
1
2
3
4
Which of the following best represents an ocean trench?
1
2
3
4
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
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?
a. Continental shelf, continental slope, continental rise, ocean trench
b. Continental slope, continental rise, ocean trench, continental shelf
c. Continental shelf, continental rise, continental slope, ocean trench
d. Ocean trench, continental slope, continental rise, continental shelf
Ocean currents affect the following: (Choose all that apply)
a. Differences in temperature
b. The mixing of ocean water
c. States of matter
d. Plant and animal populations
e. The phases of the moon
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
What causes ocean currents?
It's all the moon's fault.
Wind patterns and differences in water temperature
Plants
The movement of ships on the ocean
True or False. Ocean water is a mixture of gases, water, and dissolved solids.
True.
False.
The tides are
how easily things float in the ocean water.
the amount of runoff from the land.
the daily rise and fall of the Earth's water on the coastline.
caused only by hurricanes.
What is the name for the group of organisms who float in the water and must have the sun to produce energy through photosynthesis? These organisms are the base of the food chain.
plankton
benthos
nekton
seaweed
