origin
currents
ocean waves
tides
everything
100
water filled low areas of Earth called ________.
What is basins?
100
currents parallel to Earth's surface
What is surface current?
100
highest point of wave
What is the crest?
100
rise and fall of sea level
What is a tide?
100
The ________ of seawater has stayed the same about the same for hundreds or millions of years.
What is salinity?
200
Where did oceans originate? A) salt marshes B) volcanoes c) basins
What is B) volcanoes?
200
shifting of winds and surface currents from paths by Earth's rotation
What is Coriolis effect?
200
lowest point of wave
What is the trough?
200
difference between the level of the ocean at high tide and low tide
What is tidal range?
200
An area of _______ is a good place to catch a fish. A) upwelling B) waves C) density current
What is A) upwelling?
300
water vapor from volcanoes cooled and condensed to form -___________.
What are clouds?
300
sailors studied this stream
What is the Gulf Stream?
300
In the ocean, what is the rhythmic movement that carries energy through seawater? A) current B) wave C) crest
What is B) wave?
300
forms when rising tide enters shallow, narrow river from a wide area of the sea
What is tidal bores?
300
In which direction does the Coriolis effect cause currents in the northern hemisphere?
What is clockwise?
400
_____% of the Earth's surface is covered by ocean water.
What is approx. 70%?
400
Providing information about oceans using bottles is called ____________.
What is tracking?
400
three factors that affect the height of waves
What is speed of wind, distance over wind blows, and the length of time the wind blows?
400
Tides are caused by the interaction of gravity in the ________ system.
What is Earth-Moon?
400
What causes the most density currents? A) density differences B) the Gulf Stream C) salinity D) wind
What is D) wind?
500
erosion of rocks and gases make of the _________ of seawater
What is composition?
500
current forms when seawater becomes more dense
What is density current?
500
collapsing of a wave
What is a breaker?
500
the ______ can either strengthen or weaken the Moon's effects
What is the Sun?
500
Along most ocean beaches, a rise and fall of the ocean related to gravitational pull, or a(n)_____________, is easy to see.
What is a tide?
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