Oceans Science

Which part of the ocean floor is represented by letter C?

• Continental Shelf

• Continental Slope

• Continental Rise

• Ocean Trench

Which letter represents the mid-ocean ridge?

• B

• A

• F

• E

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of these features is very flat and very deep?

• A

• E

• C

• D

Which of these organisms would be LOWEST on the ocean food chain?

• Shark

• Dolphin

• Big Fish

• Zooplankton

The deeper you go in the ocean....

• Pressure increases and it gets colder and darker.

• pressure decreases and it gets colder and darker

• pressure increases and it gets warmer and brighter

• it gets wetter.

The continental rise is formed...

• from lava that has cooled and hardened.

• from sediment that has washed from the continent and deposited at the base of the continental slope.

• divergent plate boundaries.

• when continents rise.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which of the following bodies of water have a high salinity? (contain salt water)

• Pond

• Lake

• River

• Ocean

Which of the following best describes the abyssal plane

• It is very flat and very deep.

• It is warm and shallow, and contains the most life.

• It is caused by underwater volcanoes.

• It has a very steep drop, like a ski slope.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of the following is true of the ocean floor?

• It is totally flat.

• It has the same depth everywhere

• It has many of the same geological features you find on land.

• It is covered in sea grass.

TIny, plant-like organisms that live in the ocean and create much of the world's oxygen are called:

• Zooplankton

• Fish

• Phytoplankton, or algae

• Seaweed