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Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
The Sun is the engine that powers the water cycle.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
In the process of                , the leaves of plants release water vapor into the air.
  1. evaporation
  2. humidity
  3. precipitation
  4. transpiration
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
What does the word salinity mean?
  1. how much salt is found in the water
  2. how much water something contains
  3. how much sugar is found in the water
  4. how much water you need to drink daily
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
What is the movement of cold, deep ocean water to the ocean's surface?
  1. Deep ocean current
  2. El Nino
  3. Coriolis effect
  4. Upwelling
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
What have scientists used to map the ocean floor?
  1. fish schooling
  2. weather maps
  3. sonar
  4. light waves
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
All the water on Earth is part of a great                   hydrological                   cycle.
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
A lake is a standing body of water.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
Over millions of years, the                   of salt in the ocean has increased to about 3.5 percent. Water with this amount of salt is called salt water.
  1. natural resources
  2. salt
  3. concentration
  4. evaporation
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
Oceans cover about                 of Earth's surface.
  1. 30%
  2. 70%
  3. 60%
  4. 90%
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
                is the study of water.
  1. Meteorology
  2. Geology
  3. Hydrology
  4. Astronomy
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
Fresh water is a precious resource. People build                   across rivers to create                   of fresh water.
  1. chlorine; dams
  2. pollution; floods
  3. dams; reservoirs
  4. aquifers; dams
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
City A has a temperature of 38 degrees in the winter season. City B has a temperature of 50 degrees in the winter season. If both cities are located at the same latitude, which is a conclusion that can be made based on this information?
  1. City A is near an ocean.
  2. City B is near an ocean.
  3. City B gets more rain than City A.
  4. City A gets more sunlight than City B.
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
Creatures that live in the deep ocean need to adapt to which environmental factor?
  1. lack of food
  2. high pressure
  3. low levels of salt
  4. high temperatures
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
Phytoplankton are microscopic plants.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
Which of the following is a large, nearly flat region on the ocean floor?
  1. abyssal plain
  2. seamount
  3. subduction
  4. sonar
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
Sea caves, sea arches and sea stacks are formed by
  1. catfish.
  2. the Sun's heat.
  3. waves.
  4. none of the above.
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
About what percent of Earth's surface is covered by water?
  1. 85%
  2. 60%
  3. 75%
  4. 100%
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
These are formed as plates diverge and magma fills in and builds up in the open spaces.
  1. abyssal plains
  2. seamounts
  3. ocean ridges
  4. trenches
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
What is the changing of a liquid, such as water, to a gas called?
  1. Salinity
  2. Precipitation
  3. Condensation
  4. Evaporation
Grade 5 Oceanography and Hydrology
The pull of gravity from the Sun and the Moon cause a tidal                 on the surface of Earth.
  1. hole
  2. bulge
  3. crater
  4. river
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