Oceans review

What is the steep slope at the edge of the continental shelf?

• seamount
• mid-ocean ridge
• continental slope
• rift zone

What are underwater mountain ranges called?

• continental shelf
• mid-ocean ridges
• abyssal plains
• continental slopes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Where is the shallowest part of the ocean floor?

• continental slope
• continental shelf
• abyssal plains
• rift zones

What is the flat land located on either side of the mid-ocean ridge?

• continental slope
• continental shelf
• abyssal plain
• ocean basin

What is the deepest part of the ocean basin?

• abyssal plains
• trenches
• rift zones
• mid-ocean ridge

The Gulf stream carries _____________ water from the east coast of The United States to the West coast of Europe.

• Cold
• Warm 
• Freezing
• Fresh

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What happens to a current when it comes in contact with a continent or landmass?

• It continues over the continent
• It stops
• It changes direction
• It is absorbed by the land

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

As you go deeper in the ocean, the water is colder and less salty.

• True

• False

Warm ocean currents generally come from

• The North Pole
• The South Pole
• The Equator
• Both A and B

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Cold ocean currents generally come from

• The North Pole

• The South Pole

• The Equator

• Both the North and South Poles

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6