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Race to the Reef
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2. Directions
For each correctly answered question your fish escapes to live another day in the dangerous depths.
Answer all 20 questions correctly to live safely in the reef.

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4. The world’s oceans cover about ____% of the Earth’s surface.
70%
20% 5%
100%

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7. Most plant and animal life in the ocean live on or near the _____.
mid-ocean ridges
trenches
abyssal plain
continental shelf

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10. The deepest part of the oceans is the ________.
shoreline
currents
trenches
seamounts

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13. Salinity of ocean water describes how _____ the ocean is.
deep
salty
shallow
wide

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16. The bottom of the ocean floor is covered with _______.
sediment (rocks, mud, sand)
live ocean animals
algae
seaweed

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19. Tides are caused by ________.
wind
gravitational pull of the sun and moon
changes in temperature
ocean currents

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22. The Gulf Stream is a ____ current that has a major impact on our climate.
warm
cold
rip
up and down

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25. A wave is _____. the up and down movement of water
the changing of the tides
the gravitational pull of the moon
the change in air temperature

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28. Which statement is not true about tides?
Tides are caused by gravitational pull of the moon and sun.
There are high and low tides in a 24 hour period.
Cool air temperatures cause high tides.
Tides are the rise and fall of the level of the ocean.

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31. A current _______. moves in a circular motion
flows like a river through the ocean
is affected by water temperature, salinity, and wind
all of the above

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34. As the depth of the ocean water increases, the temperature _____.
decreases
stays the same
increases and decreases

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37. As the depth of the ocean water increases, the water pressure____.
stays the same
decreases
increases and decreases
increases

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40. _____ serve as the basis or beginning of the ocean food chain.
sharks
squid
phytoplankton
whales

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43. Where an animal lives in the ocean depends on the ____ of the ocean.
depth
salinity
temperature
all of the above

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46. Which of these is not considered to be ocean pollution?
dumping garbage
oil spills
artificial coral reefs
chemical runoff from the land

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49. What causes waves?
oil spills
wind
salinity
the moon

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52. Why do most plants and animals live on the continental shelf?
salinity
depth
sunlight and food
seamounts

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55. What is the cause of a tsunami?
under water earthquakes
salinity
wind
pressure

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58. Which ocean has the deepest trench? (close to 7 miles deep)
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Indian Ocean
Arctic Ocean

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61. Which school is the BEST?
Driver Elementary School (Suffolk Public Schools)
East High School (High School Musical)
Mrs. Puff’s Driving School (Bikini Bottoms)
Charles Darwin Middle School (My Gym Partner’s a Monkey)

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63. You have made it to the coral reef…3 1 2 4 6 7 8 5 9 10 11 12 16 13 14 15 17 18 20 19

64. …where you will live happily ever after!

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