Name:

____________________ Date: ___________

Oceans Unit Assessment

Choose the best answer for questions 1 9:

1. How many layers of the ocean are there?
A. Four
B. Three
C. Two
D. Five
2. Through our first experiment, we learned that hot water
A. Sinks
B. No hot water in the ocean
C. Rises
D. Different in every ocean
3. Through our first experiment, we learned that cold water
A. Sinks
B. No hot water in the ocean
C. Rises
D. Different in every ocean
4. What do carnivores eat?
A. Other animals.
B. Plants and animals.
C. Only plants.
D. Anything they want.
5. What do omnivores eat?
A. Only plants.
B. Plants and animals.
C. Other animals.
D. Anything they want.
6. Which animal has a protective shell?
A. Clown fish
B. Plankton
C. Sea turtle
D. Jelly fish

 7. Which animal may be affected by an oil spill in its area?
A. Seagulls
B. Fish
C. Sea turtles
D. All of the above
8. True or false: All oil spills are caused by human error.
A. True
B. False

9. What is one affect oil spills have on living things? ______________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
_________________________.

Order the following ocean zones by layer, 1 being the top and 3 being the bottom:

_____ Midnight Zone
_____ Sunlight Zone
_____ Twilight Zone

Match the following vocabulary words, used during our experiments, to their
correct definitions:

1. Prediction a. Noticing, studying, or paying attention to
something closely
2. Observation b. What you think is going to happen
3. Experiment c. Summarizing the end result
4. Conclusion d. The investigation


For each of the boxes below, circle one animal and name one fact about the animal that you
chose:

Sea Horse or Jelly Fish

Sea Turtle or Clown Fish

 Clam or Shark