About ____________ % of the Earth's surface is covered with water
- 50
- 33
- 71
- 25
The largest ocean is the ____________ ocean
The process in the water cycle that immediately led to the formation of the oceans was:
- evaporation
- condensation and then precipitation
- runoff
- deposition
The process of water vapor cooling, interacting with dust particles and turning into liquid water is called ____________.
Oceans absorb and release thermal enrgy much more ___________ than dry land does.
- quickly
- slowly
- there is no difference
The top layer of the ocean water that extends to 300 m below sea level is the:
- deep zone
- thermocline
- surface zone
- tide zone
If you wanted to collect the remains of tiny marine organisms and were able to travel to a depth of about 4,000 m, you would go to the:
- continental shelf
- continental slope
- continental rise
- abyssal plain
Your Mom said you are having fish tonight for dinner. You will be eating:
- plankton
- benthos
- nekton
Microscopic organisms that can be plant like or animal like and live near the ocean's surface are _______________.
The largest concentration of marine life is found in the ______________ zone.
- sublittoral
- bathyal
- Hadal
- abyssal
- neritic
Select the three main groups of marine organisms:
Two types of motion energy from the ocean that can be a souorce of power are: (Check the two.)
When you eat some types of sushi, you may be eating:
- corn
- seaweed
- barley
- oats
Select the resources we can obtain from the ocean: (Check all that apply.)
Polution that comes from a variety of sources is called:
- non-point pollution
- point-source pollution
- sludge dumping
The process of removing salt from sea water is ______________ .
When you go to the beach and walk out into the ocean, you are walking on the part of the ocean floor called the ___________.
- continental slope
- continental rise
- continental shelf
- abyssal plain
If we are responsible, which of the following are renewable resources from the ocean? (Check all that apply.)
If you were able to travel to the ocean floor and see all the organisms that live in or on it, you would be in the _________.
- oceanic zone
- pelagic environment
- neritic zone
- benthic environment
One of the most abundant elements in the ocean is:
- calcium
- magnesium
- chlorine
- potassium
The ocean has streamlike movements of water called ocean ______________ .
- tides
- rivers
- currents
- flows
The Gulf Stream is an example of a ____________________ .
- deep current
- surface current
- neither
The apparent curving of moving objects from a straght path due to the Earth's rotation is called the _______________ .
Select two factors that can effect ocean water's density:
Surface currents:
- can be formed by wind
- can travel across entire oceans
- are streamlike movements of water
- all of the above
Ocean currents can either warm and cool coastal lands.
- True
- False
Tidal range is greatest during:
- spring tide
- high tide
- neap tide
- the winter
The primary influence on ocean tides is the _______________.
White, foaming waves that break in the open ocean before the waves get close to shore are:
- swells
- whitecaps
- storm surges
- tsunamis
Waves _______________ in height as they approach the shore.
- increase
- decrease
- stay the same