Fact or Fiction
Reduce, Reuse, RECYCLE
An Ocean of Wonders
Do the Wave
Testing the Waters
100
All of Earth's water is drinkable.
What is FICTION....less than 1% is drinkable...97% is salt water and the rest is polluted.
100
The _____________ provides all the energy use in the water cycle.
What is the SUN
100
A large amount of ocean water moving like a river in the ocean.
What is an OCEAN CURRENT
100
The lowest part of a wave.
What is TROUGH
100
The amount of salt in the the ocean is referred to as __________________
What is SALINITY
200
Most fresh water is found in lakes and rivers.
What is FICTION....most fresh water is found in ice.
200
The process by which water is converted from its liquid form to its vapor form....
What is EVAPORATION
200
Large smooth rolling waves that form in the open ocean.
What is SWELLS
200
The highest part of a wave.
What is CREST
200
________________ is essential to all life forms on Earth.
What is WATER
300
Tides are caused by gravitational forces between the Earth and Moon.
What is FACT
300
It takes place when water vapor in the air condenses from a gas, back into a liquid form....
What is CONDENSATION
300
The rising of water from the deep.
What is UPWELLING
300
The vertical distance between a wave's crest and it's trough.
What is WAVE HEIGHT
300
When one tectonic plate slips under another tectonic plate the landform created is an ___________________
What is OCEAN TRENCH
400
A tsunami is a powerful wave that quickly dies off when it reaches shallow water.
What is FICTION....a tsunami appears as a swell in the deep ocean but reaches great heights in shallow water.
400
Rain, sleet, hail, snow and other forms of water falling from the sky....
What is PRECIPITATION
400
The daily cycle of the rise and fall of the oceans.
What is TIDES
400
Distance between the crests of waves.
What is WAVELENGTH
400
Water dissolving minerals in the soil and carrying them to the ocean causes the ocean to be ____________
What is SALTY
500
Neap tides occur twice a month.
What is FACT.
500
movement of landwater to the oceans, chiefly in the form of rivers, lakes, and streams.....
What is RUN OFF
500
The change of teh direction of swirling water as a result of the spin of the Earth.
What is Coriolis Effect
500
Two ocean currents that are responsible for fog in Newfoundland and Labrador
What is the GULF STREAM and the LABRADOR CURRENT
500
Technology used by scientists to map the geographical features of the ocean floor using sound waves....
What is SONAR
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