ESS Unit 4 Test

A large, flat area on the floor of the ocean is called _______________.

• Abyssal Field

• Marianas Trench

• Abyssal Plateau

• Abyssal Plain

An island that has eroded due to waves that is now underwater is called ____________.

• Abyssal Island

• Guyot

• Underwater Plateau

• Jetty

The deepest parts of the ocean are in oceanic _____________.

• Trenches

• Valleys

• Abyssal Plains

• Slopes

The intertidal marine life zone is __________________.

• pools of water that gather in rocks

• the area on shore between low and high tides.

• the area just past a reef

• the area where fresh water empties into the ocean

The biological oceanic zone most easily affected by humans is the ______________.

• Euphotic Zone

• Oceanic Zone

• Neritic Zone

• Intertidal Zone

Winds blow over the surface of the ocean producing mass movements of water called __________.

• Wind currents

• Pelagic currents

• Surface currents

• Temperature currents

The upper boundary of the stratosphere is called the _______________.

• Zenith

• Stratopause

• Athlon

• Pinnacle

Relative humidity is ___________________.

• the % of water in the atmosphere compared to each level

• the % of water in air compared to other surrounding areas

• the % of water in air compared to the maximum amount it can hold

• the % of clouds appearing in the troposphere

All of the following are parts of the continental margin except...

• Continental bridge

• Continental slope

• Continental rise

• continental shelf

Which of the following is not a major factor in air and ocean circulation?

• the sun's rays

• the earth's rotation

• transfer of energy between air, water, and land

• continental drift