Oceans

What % of the world is water?

• 20%

• 50%

• 70%

• 97%

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What hemisphere is the United States in?

• Southern

• Up

• Northern

• Equador

What part of the Earth is the hottest?

• The middle- Equator

• Antarctica

• South Africa

• Sahara Desert

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Vertical lines that help us locate places on Earth are called?

• X, Y Axis

• Longitude

• Equator

• latitude

What is a Tsunami?

• A current of water caused by the moon

• A huge wave caused by wind

• A series of waves caused by an earthquake

• A current caused by heat

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How can climate change affect the oceans?

• Melt polar ice making the oceans change temperature

• Make ocean levels rise and flood some land

• Make some hurricanes and typhoons longer, more destructive

• All of the above

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Would you expect California ocean to be warmer or cooler than the Atlantic ocean on the East Coast?

• The same because they are on the same latitude

• Cooler because the current comes from Arctic

• Warmer because the current comes from Equator

• Much colder

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The large, flat part of the ocean floor is called the _____________. 

• trench
• continental shelf
• continental slope
• abyssal plain

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What do you call an underwater mountain?

• trench
• abyssal plain
• seamount
• volcanic island

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A volcanic mountain that rises above the surface of the water is called ____________

• trench

• island

• mid-ocean ridge

• seamount