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Jeopardy 200 400 600 800 Wave Action Tides Ocean Water Chemistry Currents and Climate Mr. Schmidt’s Brain Capture the Chapter 200 400 600 800

Wave Action for 200 When a wave passes by, water particles move in a ____________ motion. What is circular? Back to Jeopardy

Wave Action for 400 The strength of a wave depends mainly on its What is wave height? Back to Jeopardy

What is the Pacific Ocean? Wave Action for 600 Tsunamis are most common in the What is the Pacific Ocean? Back to Jeopardy

Wave Action for 800 What is the wavelength? Back to Jeopardy The horizontal distance between crests of waves is the ______________. What is the wavelength? Back to Jeopardy

Tides for 200 The total number of high tides that occur each day in most places is What is two? Back to Jeopardy

Tides for 400 What is moon? Back to Jeopardy A spring tide occurs when the ___________, sun, and Earth are in a straight line. What is moon? Back to Jeopardy

Tides for 600 Low tides occur about every _________ hours and 25 minutes. What is 12? Back to Jeopardy

Tides for 800 ____________ is the force that causes tides. What is gravity? Back to Jeopardy

What are oxygen and carbon dioxide? Ocean Water Chemistry 200 Two gases found in ocean water that are necessary for living things are _____________ and ____________. What are oxygen and carbon dioxide? Back to Jeopardy

Ocean Water Chemistry 400 As you go deeper in the ocean, all of the following decrease EXCEPT What is pressure? Back to Jeopardy

Ocean Water Chemistry 600 Oxygen in ocean water comes from the atmosphere and ____________. What is algae? Back to Jeopardy

Ocean Water Chemistry 800 What is salinity? Back to Jeopardy The density of seawater depends on its temperature and _______________. What is salinity? Back to Jeopardy

Currents and Climates for 200 Both surface currents and waves are caused mainly by ______________. What are winds? Back to Jeopardy

Currents and Climates for 400 In the Northern Hemisphere, ocean currents curve to the right because of the ____________________. What is the Coriolis effect? Back to Jeopardy

Currents and Climates for 600 The largest and most powerful surface current in the North Atlantic Ocean is the ______________________. What is the Gulf Stream? Back to Jeopardy

Currents and Climates for 800 Deep currents are caused by differences in _______________. What is density? Back to Jeopardy

Mr. Schmidt’s Brain for 200 As the water becomes more shallow, the bottoms of the waves drag on the ocean floor and ___________ down. What is slow? Back to Jeopardy

Mr. Schmidt’s Brain for 400 The slowing of the wave makes the wavelength ________________. What is decrease? Back to Jeopardy

Mr. Schmidt’s Brain for 600 As the wave nears shore, water piles up and causes the _______________ to increase. What is wave height? Back to Jeopardy

Mr. Schmidt’s Brain for 800 ______________ bring up tiny ocean organisms, minerals, and other materials from deeper layers of the water and increase the nutrients. What are upwellings? Back to Jeopardy

Capture the Chapter for 200 The farther apart waves are, the greater their _______________. What is wavelength? Back to Jeopardy

Capture the Chapter for 400 A _______________ is caused by an earthquake on the ocean floor. What is tsunami? Back to Jeopardy

Capture the Chapter for 600 The most common salt in ocean water is ____________________. What is sodium chloride? Back to Jeopardy

Capture the Chapter for 800 Surface currents usually flow more quickly than ________________ currents. What are deep? Back to Jeopardy

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Double Jeopardy 400 800 1200 1600 Wave Action Tides Ocean Water Chemistry Currents and Climate Mr. Schmidt’s Brain Capture the Chapter 400 800 1200 1600

Wave Action for 400 Waves start in the _______________ What is the open ocean? Back to Double Jeopardy

Wave Action for 800 The number of waves that pass a point in a certain amount of time is called the _________________. What is frequency? Back to Double Jeopardy

What is longshore drift? Wave Action for 1200 The movement of sand along the beach is called _______________. What is longshore drift? Back to Double Jeopardy

Wave Action for 1600 Waves shape a ____________ by eroding the shore in some places and building it up in others. What is a beach? Back to Double Jeopardy

Tides for 400 A spring tide occurs during these two moons. What are new and full? Back to Double Jeopardy

Tides for 800 Tides are most noticeable in ________. What are oceans? Back to Double Jeopardy

Tides for 1200 This is the name for the tide with the least difference between low and high tide. What is a neap tide? Back to Double Jeopardy

Tides for 1600 Engineers have designed __________ power plants that capture some of this energy as the tide moves in and out. What is tidal? Back to Double Jeopardy

Ocean Water Chemistry for 400 On average, one ______________ of ocean water contains about 35 grams of salts. What is kilogram? Back to Double Jeopardy

Ocean Water Chemistry for 800 This is the common name for sodium chloride. What is table salt? Back to Double Jeopardy

Ocean Water Chemistry for 1200 The three zones of the ocean are ____________, ____________ and ________________ What are surface, transition, and deep? Back to Double Jeopardy

Ocean Water Chemistry for 1600 To observe the deep ocean, scientists must use a _______________, an underwater vehicle built of materials that resist pressure. What is a submersible? Back to Double Jeopardy

Currents and Climate for 400 This is a large stream of moving water that flows through the oceans. What is a current? Back to Double Jeopardy

Currents and Climate for 800 This is the pattern of temperature and precipitation typical of an area over a long period of time. What is climate? Back to Double Jeopardy

Currents and Climate for 1200 A _________________ warms or cools the air above it, influencing the climate of the land near the coast. What is surface current? Back to Double Jeopardy

Currents and Climate for 1600 An abnormal climate event that occurs every two to seven years in the Pacific Ocean. What is El Nino? Back to Double Jeopardy

Mr. Schmidt's Brain for 400 Zones of upwellings are usually homes to huge schools of ____________ What are fish? Back to Double Jeopardy

What is 3.5 degrees Celsius? Mr. Schmidt's Brain for 800 This is the average temperature of the deep zone. What is 3.5 degrees Celsius? Back to Double Jeopardy

Mr. Schmidt's Brain for 1200 This is the name of the daily rise and fall of Earth’s waters on its coastlines. What are tides? Back to Double Jeopardy

What are barrier beaches? Mr. Schmidt's Brain for 1600 This is a natural landform that protects shorelines from wave action. What are barrier beaches? Back to Double Jeopardy

Capture the Chapter for 400 This is a rush of water that flows rapidly back to sea through a narrow opening What is a rip current? Back to Double Jeopardy

Capture the Chapter for 800 Springen mean ________________ which is where spring tides get their names from. What is to jump? Back to Double Jeopardy

Capture the Chapter for 1200 The temperature of the ocean water _______________ as you move away from the equator. What is decreases? Back to Double Jeopardy

Capture the Chapter for 1600 As ice forms near the poles, the ___________ of the water increases from the salt left behind during freezing. What is salinity? Back to Double Jeopardy

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