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What is caused by the movement of energy through a body of water?

Waves

What is the crest of the wave?

Highest part of a wave.

What is the term for the horizontal distance between crests? DOUBLE JEOPARDY

wavelength

Name 3 causes of a tsunami.

1.Earthquakes 2. underwater volcanoes 3. underwater landslides

What is the trough of a wave?

The name for the lowest part of a wave.

What is a current?

A large stream of moving water that flows through the ocean

What is the name of the warm surface current that impacts the climate in Europe?

The Gulf Stream!!!

Deep currents are caused by….

Differences in density

A change in the water temperature in the Pacific Ocean that produces a warm current and can affect weather patterns is……

El Nino

How does a continent affect the movement of surface currents?

The continent deflects the current and causes it to change directions.

This is the great mountain range that formed when two tectonic plates on the ocean floor moved apart…

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Saltwater will become more diluted (less salty) if there is an increase in ….

Precipitation DOUBLE JEOPARDY

Temperature ___________ and salinity ____________ the deeper you go in the Ocean.

Temperature decreases Salinity increases

What is the salinity of water?

The total amount of dissolved salts that it contains.

How do temperature and pressure change as you descend from the surface to the ocean floor?

Temperature decreases Pressure increases

True or False: We can get more water!

False – the amount of water is fairly constant, all we’ve had and all we’ll ever have is already here! Take care of it, you can’t get more!

_________ release water through transpiration.

PLANTS

Which ocean is the largest, which is the smallest Which ocean is the largest, which is the smallest? (you must say them in the proper order)

Pacific and Artic

When molecules absorb enough energy to change from a liquid to a gas it is called……………….

evaporation

True or False: Icebergs are a common source of drinking water.

False – we can’t get to them, they’re frozen, it’s tooooo coooooooooold! (and not readily available)

The effect of Earth’s rotation on the direction of winds and currents is called _________.

Coriolis effect

Between the saturated and unsaturated zones lies the…

Water table.

What is permeability?

Materials that allow water to easily pass through….

What is the upward movement of cold water from the ocean depths?

upwelling

How do surface currents affect the climate of an area?

They warm or cool the air above it which influences the climate of the land near the coast.