Water Cycle
All About Water
Waves, Tides, and Currents
Ocean Topography
Misc.
Misc 2
100

Where does most drinking water come from?

What is groundwater

100

Approximately what percent of Earth's surface is covered in water?

What is 71%

100

Which indirectly causes ocean and sea waves?

What is Solar Energy

100

What is the term for a giant wave caused by an earthquake with an epicenter on the ocean floor?

What is Tsunami

100

What happens when the polar ice caps melt?

What is Sea level Rises

100

Name the stages of the water cycle that require radiation.

What is Evaporation and Transpiration

200

What is the term for water that moves across the surface of the land and enters streams and rivers?

What is Runoff

200

Lakes Rivers and Oceans are all part of what Earth system?

What is Hydrosphere

200

Which force is primarily responsible for ocean tides?

What is gravitational Force

200

Which number identifies a mid-ocean ridge?

What is Number 5

200

Corbitt takes a bottle of juice out of the refrigerator. He notices that water begins to form on the outside of the bottle. Which of the following explains why the water started to form?

What is Condensation forms on the bottle because the room is warmer than the bottle.

200

What stages require water to give off heat?

What is Condensation

300

This model can best be used to do what?

What Is It can be used to study the entire water system on a manageable scale. 

300

Water that infiltrates the soil and is stored in the spaces between sediment particles is referred to as?

What is Ground Water

300

Which factor contributes most to changes in surface ocean currents as the seasons change?

What is shifting wind patterns

300

Which area on the diagram most likely has water with the highest salinity?

What is Z

300

As energy from the Sun hits the ocean, that energy transforms the water in the ocean into?

What is Water Vapor in the Atmosphere

300

Name all 5 oceans that make up the global ocean

What is Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern and Arctic

400

What parts of the water cycle are driven by the force of gravity?

What is Precipitation, runoff, infiltration and groundwater flow

400

An underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock or gravel from which groundwater can be extracted is called?

What is Aquifer

400

Define tides and explain what causes them.

What is Tides are the daily rise and fall of Earth’s waters on its coastlines.

400

Which letter on the diagram shows the region where coral reefs are most likely to be found?

What is W

400

What is the most likely cause of ocean waves?

What is Surface Winds

400

Which Ocean is the Mariana Trench Located in?

What is the Pacific Ocean

500

Imagine that the sun began producing more heat and light energy. What two things would be the least likely to change in the water cycle?

What is the speed of falling precipitation, and the rate of groundwater movement 

500

Starting in South America, if you were to travel due east around the world, in which order would you pass through Earth's oceans?

What is Atlantic, Indian, Pacific

500

Based on the data contained in the chart, when will the evening high tide most likely occur on December 26?

What is 7:32pm

500




Which is most likely represented by letter X?

What is The Continental Slope

500

Name the types of currents

What is Surface Currents and Density Currents

500

When is Mrs. Riley's birthday?

What is Sunday November 24th