Water Cycle Quiz

What drives or causes surface currents?

• density differences

• pollution

• temperature

• wind

Which major ocean zone has the most animals and plants?

• sunlight

• twilight

• midnight

• abyss

Look closely at the picture:

What ocean landform is covered by shallow water at the edge of the continent?

• continental slope

• continental shelf

• abyssal plain

• volcanic island

An underwater mountain on the ocean floor is a

• oceanic trench

• abyssal plain

• seamount

• continental slope

The part of the ocean floor that slants down between the continental shelf and the abyssal plain is the ____________________.

• continental shelf

• seamount

• continental slope

• oceanic trench

The five oceans are Pacific, Indian, Arctic, Southern, and

• Baltic

• Caspian

• Aegean

• Atlantic

The continuous movement of ocean water in a certain direction is called

• waves

• tides

• tsunamis

• currents

The two types of ocean currents are

• surface and deep ocean

• big and small

• continental and ocean

• sunlight and twilight

What drives or causes surface currents?

• density differences

• pollution

• temperature

• wind

What drives deep ocean currents?

• density differences

• pollution

• wind

• whales