1. Science Jeopardy

2. Water &
Currents
Waves
Chesapeake
Bay
Salt Marsh
Ocean
Floor
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3. Water & Currents : 100
What is the name of the current off our coast that will take you to England?
Gulf Stream

4. Water & Currents: 200
What are the two most abundant elements in ocean water?
Hydrogen & Oxygen (H2O)

5. Water & Currents: 300
___________ is the amount of dissolved solids in water?
Salinity

6. Water & Currents: 400
Daily Double

7. Water & Currents: 400
What type of current is a circulation in the ocean that brings deep, cold water to the ocean suface?
Upwelling

8. Water & Currents: 500
What type of current is influenced by temperature, pressure, and salinity?
Density

9. Waves: 100
What part of the wave is this?
Wave Length

10. Waves: 200
When a wave breaks against the shore, the _____ outruns the ______ ?
Crest Trough

11. Waves: 300
What part of the wave is this?
Trough

12. Waves: 400 3 things waves are caused by? 1. Moon and Sun 2. Wind
3. Seismic Activity

13. Waves: 500
When wind blows across a body of water, _________ causes the water to move along with the wind.
Friction

14. Chesapeake Bay: 100
The Chesapeake Bay is the largest __________ in the US.
Estuary

15. Chesapeake Bay: 200
______________ water is made when ocean water mixes with fresh water
Brackish

16. Chesapeake Bay:300
Daily Double

17. Chesapeake Bay:300
Of the five major rivers that flow into the Chesapeake Bay, which one is furthest south?
James

18. Chesapeake Bay: 400
Of the 4 types of estuaries, which type is the Chesapeake Bay.
Drowned River Valley

19. Chesapeake Bay: 500
Name the six states that make up the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
{rain that falls in these states eventually flows into the bay}
Md., Va., NY., Pa., De., WV.

20. Salt Marsh: 100
What kind of plant can stick you in the eye if you are not careful.
{You don’t use it to sew}
Black Needlerush

21. Salt Marsh: 200 What kind of musical critter is pictured here:
Fiddler Crab

22. Salt Marsh: 300
Name these tasty morsels:
Mussels

23. _________ are the roadways for many fish and crabs to enter the marsh.
Salt Marsh: 400
_________ are the roadways for many fish and crabs to enter the marsh.
Guts!

24. Salt Marsh: 500 Two types of grasses form salthay. What are they?
S. patens Distchlis

25. Ocean Floor: 100
What are the flat areas on the ocean floor called?
Abyssal Plain

26. Ocean Floor: 200
This type of volcano won’t be erupting soon.
Extinct

27. Ocean Floor: 300 _________ begins at the end of the continental slope.
Continental Rise

28. Ocean Floor: 400
The Atlantic Ocean is spreading. Name the feature where this is occuring.
Mid-Ocean Ridge

29. Ocean Floor: 500
Mount Everest can fit inside this feature with 2000 m of water still covering it.
Marianas Trench

30. Name the type of tide shown here:
Final Jeopardy
TIDES
Make Your Wager Now!
Name the type of tide shown here:

31. Neap