Unit 11: Earth's Oceans

What is an Ocean?

• small body of water

• large body of water

Tags

NGSS.5-ESS2-2

about _____% of the Earth's water can be found in our oceans.

• 25%

• 67%

• 72%

• 97%

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

As oceans become deeper, the water pressure ___________________.

• increases
• decreases
• stays the same

What are the 5 oceans?

• Atlantic, Indian, Pacific, Arctic, Southern ocean

• Pacific, Arctic, Southern, Mediterranean, Atlantic ocean

• Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, Southern, North ocean

• Pacific, Arctic, Southern, Black, Indian ocean

Tags

NGSS.2-ESS2-2

NGSS.2-ESS2-3

The Largest Ocean is ________________?

• Pacific

• Atlantic

• Indian

• Arctic

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Oceans cover about ______ of the surface of the earth.

• 60%

• 70%

• 80%

• 90%

The deepest parts of the ocean are called

• trenches

• abyss

• deep sea plain

• guyot

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Underwater volcanoes with flat tops are known as

• shelf

• abyss

• guyots

• slope

Winds blowing across the surface of the oceans and seas cause them to move in ripples called ________

• tides

• waves

• current

• motion

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Choose the correct vocabulary word for each definition.

The steeply sloping part of the ocean floor where the ocean deepens rapidly

• current

• abyssal plain

• continental slope

• continental shelf