Currents
Waves
High & Low Tide
Spring & Neap Tide
Upwelling & El Nino
100
This causes currents to move.
What is wind?
100
This causes waves. Storms have a lot of this, and can cause really big waves.
What is wind?
100
This is the number of high tides we get in Coos Bay per day.
What are two?
100
True or False: Spring tides occur only during the months of April, March, and May.
What is false?
100
Nutrient waters coming to the surface from the deep ocean is called this.
What is upwelling?
200
Currents resemble these flowing bodies of water found on land
What are rivers?
200
The top part of the wave, which can break and form a whitecap, is called this.
What is a crest?
200
These three celestial bodies control the tides.
What is the Earth, sun, & moon?
200
The highest high tides and lowest low tides occur during this kind of tide.
What is a spring tide?
200
When the trade winds slacken, a warm bulge of water sloshes across the Pacific causing this phenomenon.
What is El Nino?
300
This current flows down our coast from N to S.
What is the California current?
300
A wave with a high one of these carries a lot of energy.
What is amplitude?
300
This celestial body has the BIGGEST effect on our tides.
What is the moon?
300
This is the number of times a month you experience a neap tide.
What is two?
300
This is what would happen to the number of fishermen in Coos Bay if the upwelling off our coast permanently shut off.
What is decrease?
400
This is the relative temperature of the current off our coast, and the reason why you hardy ever go swimming.
What is cold?
400
Constructive interference causes these huge phenomena, that can capsize boats and get beachcombers really wet.
What are sneaker waves?
400
This causes the tidal bulge on the side of the Earth closest to the moon.
What is gravity?
400
This type of tide occurs when the moon is full or new and the sun and moon are aligned.
What is a spring tide?
400
This is why upwelling is important on our coast.
What is it provides nutrients for plankton and seaweed, allowing LOTS of fish to eat.
500
This Effect causes currents to turn right and become gyres.
What is the Coriolis Effect?
500
The waves on Tenmile Lake will never be as big as the waves on the ocean because the lake has a smaller one of these.
What is fetch?
500
This causes the tidal bulge on the side of the Earth opposite from the Moon.
What is centrifugal force?
500
This type of tide occurs when the moon is in its first or third quarter and the sun and moon are at right angles to the Earth.
What is a neap tide?
500
This is how El Nino affects the temperature and precipitation on our coast.
What is makes it warmer and drier?
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