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Currents, Waves & Tides
Test Description: S6E3. Students will recognize the significant role of water in earth processes. d. Explain the causes of waves, currents, and tides.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) How would California be different if there were no California Current?
A
Its climate would be cooler.
B
There would be less wind and fog.
C
Its climate would be drier.
D
Its climate would be warmer.
2) How often do tides rise and fall?
A
every 24 h, 50 m
B
every 14 days
C
twice a day
D
once a day
3) The Bay of Fundy has the greatest tidal ranges on Earth. What can you infer about the Bay of Fundy?
A
t faces the moon more often than other places on Earth.
B
It has many rocky beaches.
C
It is a long, narrow inlet.
D
Its tides cannot be predicted accurately.
4) What are three factors that control DEEP currents?
A
density, and temperature, & the Coriolis effect.
B
depth, salinity, and temperature, & the Coriolis effec
C
density, salinity, and the Coriolis effect.
D
density, salinity, and temperature OR the Coriolis effect.
5) Why do the majority of tsunamis occur in the Pacific Ocean?
A
There are NO earthquakes in and around the Pacific Ocean.
B
There are a lot of earthquakes in and around the Pacific Ocean.
C
There are a lot of earthquakes in and around Oceans.
D
There are a lot of earthquakes in and around the Atlantic Ocean.
6) You are floating on the ocean 1 km from shore, which is north of you. A surface current is flowing east. Are you more likely to travel north with the waves toward the shore or east
A
East, because wave energy travels through the water, but the water doesn’t travel with the waves.
B
Neither direction
C
North, because the water doesn’t travel with the waves.
D
East & then north East, because wave energy travels through the water, but the water doesn’t travel
7) Ocean currents flow from east to west near the...
A
equator.
B
Gulf Stream.
C
Southern Hemisphere
D
poles.
8) As water gets denser, how does it move?
A
gets pushed toward the poles
B
sinks toward the ocean floor
C
expands toward warmer water
D
gets pulled up by evaporation
9) The two main PARTS of a wave are the...
A
swell and whitecap.
B
rise and dip.
C
crest and trough.
D
wavelength and wave height.
10) As energy moves in waves through the water, the water moves...
A
against the current.
B
in a small vertical circle.
C
in the direction of the waves.
D
in waves toward shore. (beach)
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