Quiz about Ocean Topography Vocabulary

Question 1

What is letter C?

Accepted Answer

Abyssal Plain

Answer

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Answer

Cont. Shelf

Answer

Cont. Slope

Question 2

What is letter D?

Accepted Answer

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Answer

Cont. Shelf

Answer

Volcanic Island

Answer

Seamount

Question 3

What is letter E?

Accepted Answer

Volcanic Island

Answer

Seamount

Answer

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Answer

Abyssal Plain

Question 4

What is letter A?

Accepted Answer

Cont. Slope

Answer

Cont. Shelf

Answer

Abyssal Plain

Answer

Abyssal Plain

Question 5

What is letter G?

Accepted Answer

Trench

Answer

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Answer

Rift

Answer

Cont. Shelf

Question 6

What letter is B?

Accepted Answer

Abyssal Plain

Answer

Cont. Shelf

Answer

Cont. Slope

Answer

Cont. Rise

Question 7

Seamount is similiar to...

Accepted Answer

a small mountain or volcano

Answer

a volcanic island

Answer

The Great Plains

Answer

The Grand Canyon

Question 8

Most visible light is in the ____ Zone.

Accepted Answer

Sunlight

Answer

Midnight

Answer

Twilight

Question 9

The ocean gets colder as you go _____.

Accepted Answer

deeper.

Answer

closer to the Equator.

Answer

lower in latitude.

Question 10

In what zone does approximately 90% of all ocean life live?

Accepted Answer

sunlight

Answer

twilight

Answer

midnight

Question 11

90% of the ocean belongs in this ocean layer.  What is it?

Accepted Answer

midnight

Answer

sunlight

Answer

twilight

Question 12

Which zone is completely dark and near freezing in temperature?

Accepted Answer

midnight

Answer

sunlight

Answer

twilight

Question 13

The ocean layers are divided by the amount of __________________ in each layer.

Accepted Answer

light

Answer

animals

Answer

salt

Answer

people

Question 14

What letter symbolizes a continental slope

Accepted Answer

A

Answer

E

Answer

F

Answer

H

Question 15

What letter symbolizes a continental shelf?

Accepted Answer

F

Answer

A

Answer

C

Answer

G

Question 16

What letter symbolizes a mid-ocean ridge?

Accepted Answer

H

Answer

G

Answer

E

Answer

B

Question 17

What letter symbolizes a seamount?

Accepted Answer

B

Answer

E

Answer

G

Answer

D

Question 18

What letter symbolizes a rift valley

Accepted Answer

D

Answer

G

Answer

A

Answer

F

Question 19

What letter symbolizes a volcanic island?

Accepted Answer

E

Answer

B

Answer

A

Answer

F

Question 20

What letter symbolizes an abyssal plain?

Accepted Answer

C

Answer

H

Answer

A

Answer

F

Question 21

What letter symbolizes a trench?

Accepted Answer

G

Answer

D

Answer

A

Answer

H

Question 22

Which ocean floor feature would take a sonar signal the longest time to

return?

Accepted Answer

Trench

Answer

Continental Shelf

Answer

Abyssal Plain

Answer

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Question 23

What ocean floor feature is closest to the coast?

Accepted Answer

Continental Shelf

Answer

Continental Slope

Answer

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Answer

Trench

Question 24

What ocean floor feature has the least amount of life?

Accepted Answer

Trench

Answer

Seamount

Answer

Continental Shelf

Answer

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Question 25

Where is the shallowest part of the topography

that is near land?

Accepted Answer

Continental Shelf

Answer

Abyssal Plain

Answer

Volcanic Island

Answer

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Question 26

What is the uppermost zone of the ocean called?

Accepted Answer

Sunlight

Answer

Midnight

Answer

Trench

Answer

Twilight

Question 27

What is the second zone of the ocean called?

Accepted Answer

Twilight

Answer

Sunlight

Answer

Trench

Answer

Midnight

Question 28

What is the fourth zone of the ocean called?

Accepted Answer

Abyss

Answer

Midnight

Answer

Sunlight

Answer

Trench

Question 29

What is the third zone of the ocean called?

Accepted Answer

Midnight

Answer

Trench

Answer

Sunlight

Answer

Abyss

Question 30

What is an underwater mountain formed by a volcano?

Accepted Answer

seamount

Answer

trench

Answer

rift zone

Answer

mid ocean ridge

Question 31

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

Accepted Answer

continental slope

Answer

seamount

Answer

mid-ocean ridge

Answer

rift zone

Question 32

What are underwater mountain ranges called?

Accepted Answer

mid-ocean ridges

Answer

continental shelf

Answer

abyssal plains

Answer

continental slopes

Question 33

Where is the shallowest part of the ocean floor?

Accepted Answer

continental shelf

Answer

continental slope

Answer

abyssal plains

Answer

rift zones

Question 34

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

Accepted Answer

abyssal plain

Answer

continental slope

Answer

continental shelf

Answer

ocean basin

Question 35

What is the deepest part of the ocean basin?

Accepted Answer

trenches

Answer

abyssal plains

Answer

rift zones

Answer

mid-ocean ridge

Question 36

Which of the following is the corresponding oceanic land form for canyons?

Accepted Answer

trench

Answer

Mountain

Answer

plains

Answer

mid-ocean ridge

Question 37

What is letter A?

Accepted Answer

Cont. Slope

Answer

Cont. Shelf

Answer

Seamount

Answer

Abyssal Plain

Question 38

Scientists use ______ to determine the oceans depth.

Accepted Answer

Sonar

Answer

Submarines

Answer

Helicopters

Answer

Radiowaves

Question 39

What two major regions of the ocean floor divided into?

Accepted Answer

Continental Margin & Deep Ocean Basin

Answer

Continental Shelf &
Abyssal plain

Answer

Continental Margin & Seamounts

Answer

Mid-ocean ridges and deep-ocean basin

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