Wave Action
Tides
Ocean Water Chemistry
Currents and Climate
Miscellaneous
100
The movement of energy through a body of water.
What is a wave.
100
The daily rise and fall of Earth's waters on shores.
What is tides.
100
The total amount of dissolved salts in a water sample.
What is salinity.
100
A large stream of moving water that flows through the ocean.
What is current.
100
In the Northern Hemisphere, the Coriolis effect causes the currents to curve to the ___________.
What is right.
200
The horizontal distance between two wave crests.
What is wavelength.
200
A tide with the greatest difference between high and low tide that occurs when the sun and the moon are aligned in a line with Earth.
What is spring tide.
200
An underwater vehicle built of strong materials to resist pressure at depth.
What is submersible.
200
The pattern of temperature and precipitation typical of an area over a long period of time.
What is climate.
200
Surface currents, which affect water to a depth of several hundred meters, are driven mainly by _______.
What is winds.
300
The number of waves that pass a specific point in a given amount of time.
What is frequency.
300
Tides are caused by the interaction of the _____, ______ and _____.
What is Earth, moon and sun.
300
On average, one kilogram of ocean water contains about ____ grams of salts - that is ____parts per thousand.
What is 35.
300
An upward flow of cold water from the ocean depths.
What is upwelling.
300
In our labs, red food coloring was used as a ________ so that we could see the "invisible" barrier between warm/cold water and salt/fresh water.
What is tracer.
400
The lowest point of a wave.
What is trough.
400
A tide with the least difference between low and high tide that occurs when the sun and moon pull at right angles to each other.
What is neap tide.
400
Pressure _________ continuously from the surface to the deepest part of the ocean.
What is increases.
400
Deep ocean currents are caused by differences in __________ rather than surface winds.
What is density.
400
Currents are formed by the _______ _________.
What is Earth's rotation.
500
The movement of sand down the beach caused by waves coming into shore at an angle.
What is longshore drift.
500
Tides occur approximately every _______ hours and ______ minutes.
What is 12 hours and 25 minutes
500
Salt water freezes at a temperature of _____.
What is -1.9 degrees Celcius.
500
The effect of Earth's rotation on the direction of winds and currents.
What is Coriolis effect.
500
A giant wave caused by an earthquake on the ocean floor.
What is tsunami.
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