What part of the ocean is a submerged border of a continent?
Continental Shelf
Continental Slope
Ocean Basin
Abyssal Plain
Which section represents the abyssal plain?
1
2
3
5
Which section represents the continental shelf?
3
4
1
2
Which number represents the abyssal plain?
4
7
2
5
The continental shelf is shallower, wider and less steep than the -
Abyssal Plain
Continental Divide
Ocean Trench
Continental Slope
Which section represents the continental slope?
2
1
3
4
Which best describes the continental shelf?
A region of mountains in the deep ocean
A shallow area of sediment near the shore
A flat underwater valley
A region with a higher water pressure
Which section has the highest water pressure, lowest water temperature, and least living things
1
2
3
4
Which is the deepest part of the ocean?
Continental Shelf
Abyssal Plains
Continental Slope
Ocean Trenches
Ocean water is...
Fresh Water
Salt Water
Brakish Water
Spring Water
High and low tides on the coast are caused by mostly by --
the gravity from the moon
the tilt of the Earth
storms over the ocean
Underwater Earthquakes
What do the arrows on the map represent?
Time between tides
Water Density
Size of waves
Ocean Currents
How does the depth of the ocean affect how much light that part of the ocean receives?
The deeper the ocean is, the darker it gets
There is no connection between light and depth in the ocean
The more shallow the ocean the darker it appears
The ocean gets lighter as it gets deeper
Ocean currents are caused by ...
Changes in temperature
Swimming Animals
Wind
Salinity
Sailors long ago would catch a current off the coast of Virginia. This current would help them
Get to Central America
Get to South America
Get to Europe
Get to Southern Africa
When water evaporates from the ocean
salt evaporates into the air
fresh water is left behind
the water is polluted
salt is left behind
