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Grade 8 Oceanography and Hydrology
Where does water in a storm drain flow to?
  1. fields
  2. waste water treatment plant
  3. aquifer
  4. river or stream
Grade 8 Oceanography and Hydrology
All the land drained by a river, stream, or lake.
  1. river basin
  2. groundwater
  3. surface water
  4. underground cavern
Grade 8 Oceanography and Hydrology
In the open ocean a tsunami can travel as fast as a jet flies!
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 8 Oceanography and Hydrology
Which pelagic zone contains the greatest volume of ocean water?
  1. epipelagic zone
  2. hadalpelagic zone
  3. bathypelagic zone
  4. abyssopelagic zone
Grade 8 Oceanography and Hydrology
Why does the Red Sea look red?
  1. red color from the Sun
  2. the water is so hot
  3. cyanobacteria algae blooms
Grade 8 Oceanography and Hydrology
Lakes form in areas where
  1. wells are drilled.
  2. the water table is below Earth's surface.
  3. the water table is above Earth's surface.
  4. there are placer deposits.
Grade 8 Oceanography and Hydrology
What gives the Huang He River its yellow color?
  1. urine from fish
  2. loess
  3. the sunflowers along the river's bank
  4. steppes
Grade 8 Oceanography and Hydrology
An underground formation containing large amounts of water is a/an                .
  1. fault zone
  2. aquifer
  3. drainage area
  4. recharge zone
Grade 8 Oceanography and Hydrology
The ocean floor is mainly flat and sandy.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 8 Oceanography and Hydrology
The top of a wave is called its                .
  1. trough
  2. crest
  3. wave height
  4. wavelength
Grade 8 Oceanography and Hydrology
Plants and trees surrounding a stream.
  1. vegetative buffer
  2. wetland
  3. ecological place
  4. garden
Grade 8 Oceanography and Hydrology
Which ocean zone would be most impacted by the formation of a hurricane?
  1. bathypelagic
  2. epipelagic
  3. abyssopelagic
  4. hadalpelagic
Grade 8 Oceanography and Hydrology
Which ocean zones would you most likely find giant tube worms and phytoplankton?
  1. Both giant tube worms and phytoplankton live in the epipelagic zone.
  2. Both giant tube worms and phytoplankton live in the abyssopelagic zone.
  3. Giant tube worms live in the abyssopelagic zone and phytoplankton live in the epipelagic zone.
  4. Phytoplankton live in the abyssopelagic zone and giant tube worms live in the epipelagic zone.
Grade 8 Oceanography and Hydrology
The                 drives the entire water cycle.
  1. Moon
  2. Sun
  3. Wind
  4. Rain
Grade 8 Oceanography and Hydrology
Huge ocean waves caused by earthquakes are called                .
  1. tsunami
  2. stack
  3. trough
  4. turbidity
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