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100

Which has more mass: earth or moon

earth

100

During El Niño, the Pacific Ocean temperature increases 5.00 C above average? True or false

False. It rises 0.50 C

100

Gravitational pull increases as mass increases? True or False

True

100

Who is responsible for the ebb and flow of the tides?

God

  • Psalm 93:3-4 (NIV): "The roar of great waters... the mighty breakers of the sea... the LORD on high is mighty!"
  • Jeremiah 31:35 (NIV): "He who appoints the sun to shine by day... who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— the LORD Almighty is his name".
  • Matthew 8:27 (NIV): "Even the winds and the waves obey Him!"
100

Gravitational pull decreases as distance increases? True or False

True

200

The periodic rise and fall of the water level of the oceans and other bodies of water

Tides

200

The force of the sun and moon that causes tides

Gravity

200

Gravitation pull ____________ as distance decreases

increases

200

Gravitational pull increases as mass _________

increases

200

Another name for low tide

Ebb tide
300

Cycle of unusually warm water occuring ever 2-7 years


El Niño 

300

Another name for high tide

Flood tide

300

The height difference between when the tides are at their highest and lowest

Tidal Range

300

During El Niño, ocean wildlife ___________ from the area to survive reduced availability of nutrients 

migrate

300

Following El Niño, tradewinds pick up and become unusually strong

La Niña 

400

The upward movement of cool, nutrient-rich water from the ocean floor toward the surface making more nutrients available to organisms in shallow waters

Upwelling

400

When two high and two low tides occur each day

Semidiurnal Tides

400

A river of air that flows west to east in the atmosphere 

Jet stream

400

When one high and one low tide occur daily

Diurnal Tide

400

A downward shift of the jet stream means it moves closer to the __________

Equator

500

The law that states that particles of matter in the universe are attracted to each other

Law of Universal Gravitation

500

When the sun, earth, and moon are lined up so they form as L-shape and the sun takes away some of the moon's gravitational pull resulting in lower than normal tides

Neap tide

500

Gravity causes these on the side of the earth closest to the moon and on the opposite side

Tidal bulges

500

Occurs when the sun, moon, and earth are lined up in a straight line, causing the gravitational pull to be higher resulting in higher tides

Spring tide

500

Another name for tropical easterlies

Trade winds