Oceanography

Which current affects the Eastern United States and Western Europe?

• The Mid-Atlantic Current

• The Gulf of Mexico Current

• The Gulf Stream Current

• The Golf Current

Salinity is the amount of ___________ in the ocean.

• Carbon Dioxide

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

• Salt

The earth is covered with approximately what percentage of water?

• 60

• 70

• 80

• 90

Name the floor feature: connects the land continent to the ocean

• Seamount

• Continental Rise

• Continental Slope

• Continental Shelf

Name the floor feature: The steep slope that connects the continent to the deep ocean floor.

• Continental Shelf

• Continental Slope

• Continental Rise

• Abyssal Plain

Name the floor feature: the deep ocean floor that is the biggest part of the ocean

• Seamount

• Trench

• Abyssal Plain

• Continental Shelf

Name the floor feature: An underwater volcano with a flat top

• Seamount

• Mid-Oceanic Ridge

• Trench

• Guyot

Name the floor feature: the deepest part of the ocean

• trench

• mid-oceanic ridge

• seamount

• mountain

Number one on the digram represents what ocean floor feature?

• Continental Rise

• Continental Drift

• Continental Shelf

• Continental Slope

Number 3 on the diagram represents what ocean floor feature?

• Continental Corner

• Continental Rise

• Abyssal Plain

• Continental Slope