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