H2O
What color is water typically?
Blue
What is the term for when ice turns to liquid?
Melting
How many ocean basins are there?
5: Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Antarctic
What are 2 things that the book said can make waves?
Wind and Earthquakes
When water moves in a circle it is called?
Current
What are the 3 different phases of H2O?
Liquid, Solid, or Gas
(water, ice, or steam)
What is the term for liquid turning into gas?
Evaporation
What is the term used for the height of the water in the oceans?
Sea level
What is the name of a large dangerous wave?
Tsunami
What is the worlds largest gulf?
The Gulf of Mexico
How much of the human body is made up of water?
60%
What type of change is occuring when it snows?
If you took a submarine to 250 meters down, what zone would you be in?
The Twilight Zone
What ocean phenomenon is caused by the moon and the sun?
Tides
True or False: Seas and Gulfs are two different types of water bodies.
False, they are both big bodies of water connected to an ocean and mostly surrounded by land.
True or False: Gas is compressible.
True! Important for Scuba divers and Fire Fighters
Having a nice cold glass of lemonade in the summer you will notice the outside of your glass getting wet. What is happening?
Condensation. The water vapors in the air condense on to the side of the glass in water droplets.
If you are walking into an ocean, but your feet can still touch the ground, what are you technically walking on?
The continental shelf
What are the two terms used to describe the different heights of the water at different times of the day?
High Tide and Low Tide
Name 2 ponds that had bad names and they changed them to nicer lake names?
Mud pond, Mosquito pond, and/or Dishwater pond
Explain why an ice cube would float in a glass of water?
Molecules are further apart making the ice less dense.
When ice cubes slowly get smaller in our freezer, what is happening?
Sublimation
If you were to go explore the Titanic remains, what level of the ocean would you be in?
The Abyss or Abyssmal plains
Explain why the animals living in the intertidal zone must be tough.
They have to be able to live in water and out of water, and survive crashing waves.
Name 3 of the 5 Great Lakes
Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario