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Oceans WES 2017
Test Description: Ocean Vocabulary
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What word refers to the saltiness of the ocean?
A
salinity
B
depth
C
current
D
pressure
2) What warm water ocean current travels across the Atlantic Ocean towards Europe?
A
East Australian Current
B
Gulf Stream Current
C
Arctic Current
D
Kuroshio
3) Which does NOT DECREASE as you dive deeper into the ocean?
A
Light
B
Number of living things
C
Temperature
D
Pressure
4) Which part of the ocean floor is created by underwater landslides?
A
Abyssal Plain
B
Continental Slope
C
Continental Rise
D
Continental Shelf
5) When two tectonic plates are coming TOGETHER, it is called a ____________ boundary.
A
Transform
B
Seismic
C
Divergent
D
Convergent
6) Iceland and Hawaii are both found above a:
A
transform boundary
B
trench
C
hot spot
D
mid-ocean ridge
7) New crust is formed at a _________ boundary and old crust is destroyed at a __________ boundary.
A
convergent / divergent
B
transform / convergent
C
divergent / convergent
D
divergent / transform
8) What is the flat deep part of the ocean floor called?
A
Mid-ocean ridge
B
Abyssal Plain
C
Tranch
D
Continental Shelf
9) What is the high point on a wave called?
A
Crest
B
Trough
C
Wavelength
D
Tsunami
10) The gravitational pull of the _________ and __________ causes the tides to rise and fall twice a day.
A
Moon / Stars
B
Moon / Mars
C
Sun / Jupiter
D
Sun / Moon
11) What is the darkest zone of the ocean?
A
School zone
B
Twilight zone
C
Sunlight zone
D
Midnight zone
12) What do you call a living thing that gives off light?
A
phytoplankton
B
bioluminescent
C
chemoluminescent
D
submersible
13) A wave, produced by an earthquake on or near the ocean floor, which builds up to great heights as it moves into shallow water
A
Surf
B
Breaker
C
Tsunami
D
Amplitude
14) The wave measurement that tells how tall a wave is
A
Wavelength
B
Trough
C
Weve height
D
Ampitude
15) This word describes a mixture of salt and fresh water
A
Mixed water
B
Brakish
C
Phytoplankton
D
Salinity
16) The ______________ of the earth is the main cause of ocean currents.
A
Tilt
B
Spinning
C
Weight
D
Gravity
17) The low point on a wave
A
Crest
B
Amplitude
C
Wavelength
D
Trough
18) The amount of Earths surface covered by water
A
3% which is not much
B
71% which is about 3/4
C
50% which is half
D
97% which is about all
19) Tiny algae and animals that float in water and are carried by waves and currents
A
Patrick
B
Plankton
C
Spongebob
D
Squidward
20) The river-like movement of water in the ocean
A
Currents
B
Tsunamis
C
Tides
D
Waves
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