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Earth Science - Oceans Unit
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1
What is the source of most waves on the ocean’s surface?
Sun
Undercurrents
Wind
Moon
2
What
ocean floor feature
is pictured?
Rift valley
Trench
Abyssal plains
Guyot
3
The amount of dissolved salts in ocean water is called the water’s
Plankton
Nekton
Density
Salinity
4
What is the main contribution the ocean gives to the atmosphere?
Oxygen
Water
Hydrogen
Heat
5
Long, flat area of the ocean floor?
Coastal plains
Abyssal plains
Trench
Seamount
6
Phytoplankton is an important source of atmospheric
oxygen
argon
nitrogen
carbon
7
Which would have the most impact on the climate of a city?
Proximity to a mountain
Proximity to the ocean
Industrial pollution
Population
8
Seawater is typically denser than freshwater due to seawater's
higher salinity
greater depth
lower freezing point
lower mass to volume ratio
9
Which of the following is not harmful to marine life?
Ocean acidification
Upwelling
Oil pollution
Algal blooms
10
Which part of the sea would be most difficult to explore due to pressure issues?
Trench
Seamount
Continental slope
Rift valley
11
What ocean floor feature gives of warm, nutrient-rich water at the bottom of the ocean?
Black smoker
Trench
Vitamins
Upwelling
12
Ocean currents are caused by
Earth-Sun-Moon interactions
density differences
human influences
underwater earthquakes
13
Which is more dense: cold water or warm water?
Cold water
Warm water
14
An instrument that is used for determining the depth of the ocean floor is
Radiolarians
Sonar
A guyot
Hydrosphere
15
What is featured at the
center
of the image?
Crevice
Mid-ocean ridge
Trench
Rift valley
16
The arrow is pointing to which ocean floor feature?
Seamount
Mid-ocean ridge
Guyot
17
The fish population has decreased by which amount over the last 100 years?
90%
70%
80%
60%
18
What is created by erosion and deposition of sediment falling down the continental slope?
Continental rise
Underwater hills
Underwater mountains
Continental shelf
19
Which of the following will increase the salinity of the ocean?
Melting glaciers
Precipitation
Evaporation
Input of water from rivers
20
Which of these would most likely occur as the ice caps melt?
The sea would cover more land
The Earth would become cooler
The rivers would flow more rapidly
The rain would be more acidic
21
What accounts for the largest amount of oil pollution in the oceans?
Land runoff
Oil drilling
Oil illegally dumped from commercial ships
Industrial accidents
22
Trenches often occur near the shorelines. Trenches occur when
Oceanic and continental plates converge
Two continental plates diverge
Oceanic and continental plates diverge
Two ocean plates diverge
23
During glacial periods, the sea water level
falls
rises
24
Which ocean floor feature is pictured?
Submarine canyon
Rift valley
Seamount
Trench
25
Mid-ocean ridges form at which type of boundary?
Transform
Convergent
Divergent