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Unit 5.
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What causes ocean tides?
a) Earth's gravity
b) Moon's gravity
c) Global winds
d) Coriolis effect
What causes ocean waves?
a) winds
b) Coriolis effect
c) Moon's gravity
d) density changes
What creates surface currents on the ocean?
a) Coriolis effect
b) Density changes
c) Global winds
d) Moon's gravity
If low tide is at 9:00 AM today, what time will it be tomorrow morning?
a) 9:50 AM
b) 9:25 AM
c) 9:50 PM
d) 9:25 PM
In the water cycle what occurs when water vapor cools and turns back into a liquid?
a) evaporation
b) condensation
c) transpiration
d) runoff
In the water cycle, what occurs when liquid water is heated and changed to a gas (vapor)?
a) evaporation
b) condensation
c) runoff
d) precipitation
When water vapor is released through a plant, what is this called?
a) precipitation
b) infiltatration
c) groundwater
d) transpiration
On the ocean floor, what is the deepest part called?
a) trench
b) continental rise
c) abyssal plain
d) mid-ocean ridge
On the ocean floor, what is an underwater volcanic mountain called?
a) volcanic island
b) continental slope
c) seamount
d) abyssal plain
On the ocean floor, what is the long underwater mountain range created by separating plates called?
a) trench
b) volcanic island
c) seamount
d) mid-ocean ridge
When the sun, Earth, and moon line up, what type of tide is created?
a) Neap
b) Spring
c) high
d) low
When the sun, Earth, and moon make a right angle, what type of tide is created?
a) Neap
b) Spring
c) low
d) high
What part of Earth experiences high tide?
a) the side facing the moon and the other side lined up with the moon
b) the sides facing away from the moon
c) all of Earth has high tide at one time
d) only the side where the sun, Earth, and moon line up
Which conserves water?
a) Passing laws against trash dumping in the ocean
b) Turning off electric devices when not being used
c) Carpooling
d) Washing small loads of laundry at a time
Where does the energy come from for the water cycle?
a) Plants
b) Earth's core
c) Sun
d) Gravity
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