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Oceanograpy Waves, Tides And Currents
Test Description: Waves, Tides and Currents
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Surface currents are horizontal movement of ocean water caused by what?
A
Temperature
B
Tides
C
Wind
D
Deep ocean currents
2) The effect of Earth's rotation on the direction of winds and currents is called the?
A
Coriolis effect
B
Upwelling effect
C
Tidal effect
D
Gyroscopic Effect
3) A table that shows the time of low and high tides is called a?
A
Fetch
B
Periodic Table
C
Tide Table
D
Graphic Table
4) The warm ocean current that flows from the Caribbean northward through the Atlantic Ocean is called the?
A
Circumpolar Current
B
North Pacific Current
C
Gulf Stream Current
D
South Atlantic Current
5) The highest point of a wave is called the?
A
Crest
B
Frequency
C
Amplitude
D
Trough
6) The distance between wave crests is call the?
A
Amplitude
B
Wavelength
C
Tide
D
Frequency
7) The movement of cold water upward from the deep ocean is called?
A
Sinking
B
Upwelling
C
Downwelling
D
Polar drop
8) A collapsing ocean wave that forms in shallow water and breaks onto the shore is called a?
A
Tidal wave
B
Breaker
C
Tectonic Wave
D
Tsunami
9) A giant wave caused by an earthquake on the ocean floor is called a(n)?
A
Current
B
Tsunami
C
Upwelliing
D
Crest
10) Daily changes in the level of ocean water caused by gravity of the moon and sun are called?
A
Tides
B
Fetch
C
Gravity
D
Wave period
11) A high or low tide that occurs when the sun, earth and moon are aligned so that the gravity of the sun and moon makes the tides higher or lower than average is called the?
A
Midnight Tide
B
Spring Tide
C
Dawn Tide
D
Neap Tide
12) A tide with the least difference between high and low tide that happens two times a month when the sun and moon pull at right angles to each other is called the?
A
Dawn Tide
B
Spring Tide
C
Neap Tide
D
Midnight Tide
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