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