Oceans
Waves
Tides
Currents
Ocean Floor Features
100
What is the largest ocean?
The Pacific
100
What is the high point of a wave?
Crest
100
What is the tide that occurs when the Earth, Moon, and Sun are all aligned on one line?
Spring Tide
100
Is the gulf stream a surface current or deep-ocean current?
Surface Current
100
What is a mountain that is under the surface of the water called?
Seamount
200
What is the world's smallest ocean?
Arctic Ocean
200
What is the lowest part of a wave?
Trough
200
What is the tide when the sun and the moon are exerting gravitational pull on different sides of the Earth?
Neap Tide
200
What force causes surface currents to form?
Wind
200
DAILY DOUBLE!!!! What is the name of a flat-topped seamount?
Guyot
300
What is the key difference between ocean water and freshwater?
Ocean Water has more Sodium Chloride
300
What is the term used to describe the distance from the crest of one wave to the crest of another wave?
Crest
300
How many high tides occur in the span of one day?
2
300
DAILY DOUBLE! What current affects our climate?
Surface Currents
300
What is an underwater chain of mountains formed at diverging plate boundaries?
Ridge
400
What are the two most abundant elements dissolved in sea water?
Na (Sodium) and Cl (Chlorine)
400
What is distance from crest to trough?
Waveheight
400
Do spring tides or neap tides have greater tidal extremes?
Spring Tides
400
The Coriolis Effect causes currents in the Northern Hemisphere to turn in what direction?
Clockwise
400
What is the part of the land called between the continental shelf and continental rise?
Continental Rise
500
What technology is used to measure the depth of the ocean?
Sonar
500
What is the force generated by the earthquake in the 2004 Japanese Tsunami equal too? (Hint: think Hiroshima bombs)
8,000 Hiroshima bombs
500
What is the name of the Castle in France where Mr. Szeremeta saw drastic changes in the tide?
Mont St.-Michel
500
What is the primary cause of deep-ocean currents?
Differences in water density
500
What are scientists who study the ocean called?
Oceanographers
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