El Niño
Sea Waves
Tides
Tsunamis
100

El Niño is an _____ ______ phenomenon that can impact the climate of coastal areas and the Midwest

What is ocean current?

100

Water has a very high surface tension due to which three star concept?

What is rubberband concept?

100

How long is a tidal day?

What is 24 hours and 50 minutes?

100

What are Tsunamis caused by?

What is earthquakes?

200

What causes El Niño?

What is the low-pressure cell moving from over Indonesia into the ocean?

200

What classifies a wave as a deep water wave?

What are the water orbitals not touching the sea floor?

200

What moon phases are associated with constructive wave interference?

What are full moon and new moon?

200

What causes a plate to be dragged down with the subducting plate?

What is friction?

300

What causes the loss of nutrients and biodiversity during El Niño?

What is warm water, being too warm to sink, cancelling upwelling?

300

Why do waves break?

What is when water depth = L/2

300

Glacier bay is an example of a _____?

What is a macrotidal area

300

What must an earthquake do in order to cause a tsunami?

What is displace water?

400

The name of the ocean current impacted by El Niño

What is the Equitorial Counter Current?

400

As wave height increases, what exponentially increases with it?

What is potential energy

400

What causes the moon to always win?

What is a larger gravitational imbalance?

400

What kind of wave is a Tsunami?

What is a shallow water wave?

500

How does El Niño impact Wisconsin? (at least 2 impacts must be listed)

Warmer temperatures, more rain, less snow, more ice, less tourism due to lack of snow

500

What process causes wave height to grow?

What is direct energy transfer?
500

What is the name of the diurnal tide at t=12 hours if you are in the southern hemisphere?

What is high tide?

500

What controls the velocity of a Tsunami wave?

What is depth?
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