Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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The floor of the ocean
a. | is smooth and sandy. | c. | has rivers and lakes. | b. | has mountains and
trenches. | d. | is hidden and
unknown |
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The section of a continent that lies just off the shoreline and extends beneath
the ocean is called the continental
a. | plain. | c. | basin. | b. | shelf. | d. | ridge. |
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If you could look at the deep ocean floor, which is the best description of what
you would see?
a. | high mountains and deep valleys | c. | coral reefs with many varieties of
life | b. | flat, silt-covered, lifeless regions | d. | ocean ridges with active
volcanoes |
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Which is the correct sequence of seafloor features as you move from the
shoreline outward?
a. | continental slope - abyssal plain - mid-ocean ridge | b. | continental shelf -
continental slope - abyssal plain | c. | continental slope - continental shelf - abyssal
plain | d. | continental shelf - continental slope - mid-ocean
ridge |
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Use this picture and your knowledge to answer this question.  At
which ocean feature would the greatest amount of water pressure be exerted?a. | Continental shelf | c. | Abyssal plain | b. | Continental slope | d. | Trench |
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Which of these is the largest ocean?
a. | Atlantic | c. | Indian | b. | Pacific | d. | Southern |
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Where will you find the tallest mountains on Earth?
a. | in Alaska, Denali | b. | in Washington state, Mt.
Ranier | c. | Mt. Everest in the Himalayas | d. | the Island of Hawaii is the tallest mountain on
Earth |
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The flattest place on Earth is
a. | in Oklahoma on the Great Plains | c. | the Abyssal
Plain | b. | the Sahara Desert | d. | the continental shelf |
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The total salinity of the world’s oceans is
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What do we call the part of the continent that is under the water at the beach
as we start walking into the water?
a. | the seashore | c. | the continental slope | b. | the abyssal
plain | d. | the continental
shelf |
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Which of the oceans is the largest?
a. | Atlantic | c. | Pacific | b. | Indian | d. | Southern |
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Which of the oceans is the deepest?
a. | Atlantic | c. | Pacific | b. | Indian | d. | Southern |
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What is a guyot?
a. | a volcanic island | c. | the edge of the rift valley | b. | a mountain under the
sea | d. | a flat topped sea mount
flattened by the waves |
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In some areas of the ocean, this can be over 4 miles deep.
a. | submarine canyons | c. | mid ocean ridges | b. | deep sea trenches | d. | sediment |
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How have oceanographers been able to map the sea floor?
a. | by using echo sounding | c. | by sending out scuba divers | b. | by using
submarines | d. | by studying
seismic waves |
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This word means the land features and elevations of an area.
a. | geography | c. | oceanography | b. | topography | d. | physiology |
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 What feature is letter C? a. | a guyot | c. | continental shelf | b. | continental slope | d. | abyssal plain |
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 What ocean floor feature is letter h? a. | a guyot | c. | an island | b. | a seamount | d. | mid-ocean ridge |
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 What is usually the deepest part of the ocean and is
formed by convergent ocean plates? a. | the abyssal plain | c. | continental slope | b. | the rift valley | d. | deep sea trench |
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