Intro
Formation
Ocean floor
Currents and waves
Tides
100
The ocean is a primary source of water for this
What is the water cycle
100
The surface of the earth is made up of theses
What are tectonic plates
100
the area between the basin and the coastline is called this
What is the continental margin
100
Which is an example of a learned behavior? A. left-handness in a person B. a racoon eating trash C. an opossum lying still when it feels threatened D. an arctic fox turning white in the winter
What is B. a racoon eating trash
100
From what structure do vertebrates get their name? A. skull B. backbone C. number of legs D. ribs
What is B. backbone
200
The 5 oceans we discuss were: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern and ______
What is Arctic
200
Where plates collide they can form _____________
continental divides (mountains)
200
A jetty is a structure that A. holds back floodwater that would otherwise flow downstream. B. provides homes for fish and other organisms that live in the ocean. C. traps sand and small rocks in order to protect the beach. D. keeps rising flood waters within stream channels.
What is C. traps sand and small rocks in order to protect the beach.
200
Which landform is carved by running water? A. sand dune B. canyon C. mountain D. hill
What is B. canyon
300
This is the ocean in which Newfoundland is found
What is the atlantic
300
Where plates separate _________ might be formed
What is ocean ridge
300
When the cold Labrador and warm gulf stream collide it may result in this
What is fog
300
When hydrogen and oxygen react they explode and form water. What kind of change is that? A. physical B. chemical C. both physical and chemical D. neither physical or chemical
What is B. chemical
300
What characteristics help scientist classify an organism as an animal? A. It is made up of many cells and feeds on other living or once living things. B. It is made up of many cells and absorbs food from its surroundings. C. It is made up of one cell and makes its own food. D. It is made up of many cells and makes its own food.
What is A. It is made up of many cells and feeds on other living or once living things.
400
Oceans were formed by tectonic plate activity, volcanic action, erosion and this
What is glaciation
400
Slow moving sections of rock that float over a layer of magma are called this
What are tectonic plates
400
Continental margin consists of these two parts
What are the continental shelf and the continental slope
400
How does a hot spot form a chain of volcanoes? A. Volcanoes form above a hot spot. The volcanic mountains move as the plate moves. B. The hot spot allows magma to ooze from a vent. C. The hot spot allows magma to explode from a vent. D. The hot spot forms alternating layers of lava and ash.
What is A. Volcanoes form above a hot spot. The volcanic mountains move as the plate moves.
400
What does an electromagnet have that a bar magnet does not have? A. electric field B. coil of wire C. magnetic poles D. magnetic field
What is B. coil of wire
500
n/a
What is D. Felis domesticus and felis pardalis
500
The process that contributed to the formation of pr oceans. This is a process where material is remolded and deposited in the ocean
What is erosion
500
Two factors that influence density and cause deep currents are temperature and ___________
What is salinity
500
Mendel found that shortness in pea plants is recessive. If two pea plants are short, what must the parents look like? A. One is short, the other is tall. B. They are both short. C. They are both tall. D. There is no way to tell.
What is D. There is no way to tell.
500
What is a benefit to using floodplains as a flood control measure? A. They prevent sediment from being carried down a river. B. They prevent rivers from overflowing their banks. C. They absorb the water during a flood. D. They protect the structures build on them from damage.
What is C. They absorb the water during a flood.