The Ocean Unit Test
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| The general movements of the ocean waters are called | ocean currents
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| The chief cause of ocean currents is the | global winds
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| The turning of the earth makes the currents | move at an angle
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| An ocean current turns about when it comes near a | continent
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| In the part of the world you live, the ocean currents move in a direction | clockwise
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| Ocean currents are classified as and | warm currents cold currents
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| Warm currents start near the | equator
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| Cold currents start near the | poles
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| Name the oceans | Atlantic,Pacific, Indian
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| Which is the largest ocean | Pacific
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| What other names do we use for areas of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans | Arctic and Antarctic Oceans
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| A group of connected waves is called a a)crest b)wave length c) wave train d) waves height | c) wave train
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| A wave height is the distance between a) two adjacent b) two adjacent troughs c) a crest and a trough d) both a and b | c) a crest and a trough
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| Waves are caused by a) tides b) earthquakes c) wind d) all of the above | d) all of the above
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| Most waves are caused by a) tides b) earthquakes c) wind d) volcanoes | c) wind
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| The distance wind blows over water is called its a) wave length b) fetch c) mileage d) swell | b) fetch
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| Most of the earth's water is found in the | oceans
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| The oceans lie in huge | trenches
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| The part of the continent that is under the ocean is called the | continental shelf
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| the continental shelf slopes | gradually
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| At the end of the continental slope, the ocean floor drops | sharply
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| The deep-sea basin starts at the end of the | continental slope
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| Mountain ranges in the ocean are called | basins
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| Valleys in the continental shelf are called | submarine
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| The deepest places along the ocean floor are | mid-ocean ridge
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| The deepest trench in the world is the | Marianas
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| underwater mountain ranges | mid-ocean ridge
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| earth | water planet
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| deepest part of the earth | trench
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| low part of a continental covered by the ocean | continental shelf
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| flat area | plain
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| The earth is the only planet | false
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| Only our planet has a lot of water | true
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| The earth's water layer is called the atmosphere | false
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| the continental shelf has a gentle slant | true
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| The continental slope has a gentle slant | false
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| The deep-sea floor starts at the beginning of the continental shelf | false
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| A ridge is a high place on the ocean floor | true
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| A submarine canyon is a low place on the ocean floor | true
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| a submarine canyon is deeper than a trench | false
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| The ocean floor has some flat places | true
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| Most of the oxygen we breathe comes from | phytoplankton
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| Plankton live in the | ocean
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| The oceans supply most of the water vapor that returns to earth as | rain and snow
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| Without the oceans, our planet would be a planet | dead
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| People eat many things that live in the ocean. Three examples are | shellfish, fish, and seaweed
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| Trash fish are fish that are not good to . They are made into . | eat fertilizer
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| Large deposits of have been discovered along coastal waters. | oil and natural gas
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| Ocean water contains every known | mineral
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| Three minerals we do take from sea water are | salt, bromine, and manganese
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| supply most of the oxygen to the atmosphere | phytoplankton
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| floating sea animals | zooplankton
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| some minerals we take from the sea | salt,manganese, bromine
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| used for fertilizer | trash fish
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| used for oil drilling in the ocean | floating platforms
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| Green plants give off oxygen | true
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| All green plants grow on land | false
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| Most of our oxygen comes from zooplankton | false
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| Most of our oxygen comes from phytoplankton | true
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| Phytoplankton are large | false
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| The ocean is an important source of food | true
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| Seaweed is a food | true
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| The oceans have only small deposits of oil | false
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| Every mineral we use comes from the ocean | false
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| Huge amounts of water evaporate from the ocean. This means that the oceans are drying out | false
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