Ocean and Earth Science Quiz

During a school trip to the beach, Benjamin noticed that the area of the ocean that contains most of the ocean's water has very little marine life. This area is known as the

• littoric

• open ocean

• intertidal

• neritic

The youngest rock in the ocean floor is located at the

• hot spot

• continent

• deep sea trench

• mid-ocean ridge

What is the driving force behind plate motion?

• gravity

• solar radiation

• subduction

• convection currents

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

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The deep ocean creatures are brought oxygen by ocean ______________, which is caused by the ocean water becoming more dense.

• pipeling

• surface currents

• upwelling

• downwelling

The process of water moving around the globe via deep ocean currents is called the

• gulf Stream Current

• global ocean conveyor belt

• mid-ocean ridge

• California current

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

_____________ of all the water on Earth is salt water.

• 25%

• 1%

• 71%

• 96%

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Plankton growth is often bolstered during

• downwellings

• upwellings

• eruptions

• currents

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Earthquakes are usually associated with

• large cities.

• the east coast of the United States.

• violent storms.

• faults.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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Which one of the following statements is true about P waves?

• They are the most destructive type of seismic wave.

• They are faster that S waves.

• They travel only through solids.

• They cannot be recorded on a seismograph.

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Which waves are the fastest seismic waves?

• primary (P) waves

• surface waves

• secondary (S) waves

• princess waves