Oceans Part 1
Oceans Part 2
Seafloor
Tides
Miscellaneous
100
This is Earth's largest and deepest ocean.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
100
Water covers what percentage of the Earth's surface?
70%
100
These are large, flat areas of the seafloor that extend across the deepest parts of the ocean basins.
Abyssal Plains
100
The periodic rise and fall of the ocean's surface caused by gravitational force between the Earth and the Moon and the Earth and the Sun.
Tides
100
What is a tsunami?
A tsunami is a sudden wave that forms when an ocean disturbance suddenly moves a large volume of water.
200
Name all FIVE of Earth's Oceans.
What are the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern and Arctic Oceans.
200
What is oceanography?
Oceanography is the are of Earth Science that studies the oceans.
200
This is the part of an ocean basin next to a continent, it is called the
Continental Margin
200
Is the gravitational force stronger between the Earth and the Sun OR the Earth and the Moon?
The Earth and the Moon.
200
Name the three factors that affect the size of surface waves.
What are time, wind speed and distance?
300
This ocean is located between Africa, India and the Indonesian Islands.
What is the Indian Ocean?
300
What is the difference between a sea and an ocean?
A sea is part of an ocean that is partially enclosed by land.
300
Mid-ocean ridges are found at which type of plate boundary?
What is a divergent plate boundary?
300
This has the lowest tidal range, occurs when the Earth, the Moon and the Sun form a right angle.
What is a neap tide?
300
Scientists divided oceans into three different zones, name these zones.
What are the Surface Zone, Middle Zone and the Deep Zone?
400
This ocean is the newest ocean named by scientists in 2000.
What is the Southern Ocean?
400
What is brackish water?
Freshwater mixed with seawater.
400
Earth's oceans have an average depth of
4000 meters
400
What is the chart called used to map tidal patterns?
What is a marigram?
400
What is salinity?
The amount of salt in ocean water.
500
Name the six characteristics of oceans.
1.) Salinity, 2.) Temperature, 3.) Distinct Currents, 4.) Tides, 5.) Waves, 6.) Influence on climate
500
55% of seawater is made of this element.
What is chlorine?
500
Name two categories of seafloor resources and give one example of each.
1.) Energy- oil and natural gas 2.) Minerals- Gold, Zinc, Manganese modules
500
What is a spring tide?
The greatest tidal range and occurs when the Earth, the Moon and the Sun form a straight line.
500
The three ocean zones are based on what four physical characteristics?
What are salinity, temperature, amount of sunlight and density?
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