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1. A device used to transmit waves to find the distance and direction of underwater objects is called a(n)__________.
a. underwater communicator
b. deep-sea diving radar
c. sonar
2. The study of the ocean and ocean life is called ________________.
a. geology
b. meteorology
c. oceanography
3. Which of the following are tides that have a greater range of rise and fall and occur shortly after the new or full moon?
a. spring tides
b. summer tides
c. winter tides
4. The rising and falling of the ocean's surface caused by the moon's gravity is known as _______________.
a. tidal waves
b. tides
c. whirlpools
5. Smaller tides that rise at a lower level than usual are called _____________.
a. neap tides
b. mini tides
c. micro tides
6. Microscopic organisms floating in fresh and salt water are called __________.
a. bacterium
b. coral reefs
c. plankton
7. An underwater feature found between the continental slope and the abyssal plain is called ____________.
a. continental rise
b. lagoon
c. sandbar
8. Which of the following is a cliff situated at the seaward edge of the coast?
a. sea cliff
b. continental rise
c. coral reefs
9. A sandy landform along the shoreline of a body of water is called a ________.
a. delta
b. sandbar
c. beach
10. Which of the following is a massive underwater colorful ecosystem made from calcium carbonate secreted by coral and other organisms?
a. algae
b. plankton
c. coral reefs
11. A ____________ is a long narrow strip of sandy land stretching across a body of water and may be connected to the shoreline or offshore.
a. sandbar
b. lagoon
c. beach
12. A __________ is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by a series of barrier islands or reefs.
a. lake
b. river
c. lagoon
13. The term _____________ refers to the amount of salt or dissolved salt in a body of water.
a. acidity
b. alkalinity
c. salinity
14. Water or air moving in a definite direction is called a_________.
a. current
b. front
c. convergence
15. An irregular occurring series of climatic changes, creating warmer than usual sea surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of South America is called __________.
a. Tsunami
b. El Nino
c. La Nina
16. Unusually cold ocean temperatures in the eastern equatorial Pacific is called __________.
a. Hurricane
b. El Nino
c. La Nina
17. The term ______________ refers to a stretch of coastland that has been exposed by the sea due to a relative fall in the sea level.
a. emergent sea cliff
b. emergent sea level
c. emergent coastline
18. Which of the following is a long narrow sandy strip of land that is parallel to the coastline?
a. sandbar
b. Barrier Island
c. sea cliff
19. Shallow flat submerged land, extending to a steep descent to the ocean floor is called ________.
a. continental shelf
b. continental rise
c. continental drift
20. A long, deep depression in the ocean floor is called an ___________.
a. ocean crater
b. ocean valley
c. ocean trench
21. The underwater plain on the deep ocean floor, usually as far below as 3,000 and 6,000 meters is called _______.
a. ocean rift
b. ocean canyon
c. abyssal plain
22. Stretches of coastline that have been flooded by the sea due to a relative rise in sea level is called __________.
a. emergent coastline
b. flooded coastline
c. submergent coastline
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