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Ocean Waves, Currents Surface Features.
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The up and down movement of ocean surface water.
a) Current
b) Gulf Stream
c) Waves
d) Tides
What causes ocean waves?
a) Global Winds
b) Ocean currents
c) Moon's Gravity
d) Sun's Gravity
Ocean waves really only move?
a) Water
b) Energy
c) Marine life
d) Salinity
The amount of dissolved salt in the ocean.
a) Tides
b) Currents
c) Evaporation
d) Salinity
A large river of warm water flowing as the top of the ocean.
a) Deep Density Current
b) Salinity
c) Ocean Waves
d) Surface Current
An ocean current that moves along the bottom of the ocean.
a) Deep Density Current
b) Salinity
c) Ocean Waves
d) Surface Currents
Two factors that create Deep Density Currents.
a) Moon and Sun's Gravity
b) Tides and Earthquakes
c) Temperature and Salinity
d) Volcanoes and Temperature
Cold water will...
a) Rise
b) Sink
c) Float
d) Evaporate
Warm water will...
a) Rise
b) Sink
c) Precipitation
d) None of these
A constantly moving system of deep density currents and surface currents driven by temperature and salinity.
a) Tides
b) Ocean Waves
c) Global Conveyor Belt
d) Moon's gravity
A strong surface current that brings warm water from the Gulf of Mexico toward Northern Europe.
a) California Current
b) Deep Density Current
c) Gulf Stream Current
d) Peruvian Current
The study of surface features.
a) Topography
b) Oceanography
c) Astronomy
d) Geology
A shallow underwater extension of the land along the edge of a continent.
a) Continental Shelf
b) Continental Slope
c) Ocean Basin
d) Trench
A steep drop off point from the continental shelf.
a) Continental Shelf
b) Continental Slope
c) Trench
d) Ocean Basin
A central ridge, or mountain range, that divides the ocean floor into two parts.
a) Continental Shelf
b) Trench
c) Mid Ocean Ridge
d) Abyssal Plain
The flat area of the ocean basin. This ocean floor feature extends for miles and miles.
a) Continental Shelf
b) Abyssal Plain
c) Seamount
d) Trench
The deepest part of the ocean basin and are deeper than any valley found on land.
a) Abyssal Plain
b) Seamount
c) Rift
d) Trench
The transfer of heat through intermediate fluids like ocean water or the atmosphere.
a) Conduction
b) Convection
c) Radiation
d) Gravity
This currents helps the west coast of the United States stay cooler during the summer.
a) Gulf Stream Current
b) California Current
c) Peruvian Current
d) West Australian Current
A physical property that measures how closely packed together a substance's particles are.
a) Gravity
b) Tides
c) Density
d) Topography
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