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3. Jeopardy 200 400 600 800 Wave Action Tides Ocean Water Chemistry
Currents and Climate
Mr. Schmidt’s Brain
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4. Wave Action for 200
When a wave passes by, water particles move in a ____________ motion.
What is circular?
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5. Wave Action for 400 The strength of a wave depends mainly on its
What is wave height?
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6. What is the Pacific Ocean?
Wave Action for 600
Tsunamis are most common in the
What is the Pacific Ocean?
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7. Wave Action for 800 What is the wavelength? Back to Jeopardy
The horizontal distance between crests of waves is the ______________.
What is the wavelength?
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8. Tides for 200
The total number of high tides that occur each day in most places is
What is two?
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9. 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?
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10. Tides for 600
Low tides occur about every _________ hours and 25 minutes.
What is 12?
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11. Tides for 800
____________ is the force that causes tides.
What is gravity?
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12. 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?
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13. Ocean Water Chemistry 400
As you go deeper in the ocean, all of the following decrease EXCEPT
What is pressure?
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14. Ocean Water Chemistry 600
Oxygen in ocean water comes from the atmosphere and ____________.
What is algae?
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15. Ocean Water Chemistry 800 What is salinity? Back to Jeopardy
The density of seawater depends on its temperature and _______________.
What is salinity?
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16. Currents and Climates for 200
Both surface currents and waves are caused mainly by ______________.
What are winds?
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17. Currents and Climates for 400
In the Northern Hemisphere, ocean currents curve to the right because of the ____________________.
What is the Coriolis effect?
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18. Currents and Climates for 600
The largest and most powerful surface current in the North Atlantic Ocean is the ______________________.
What is the Gulf Stream?
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19. Currents and Climates for 800
Deep currents are caused by differences in _______________.
What is density?
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20. 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?
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21. Mr. Schmidt’s Brain for 400
The slowing of the wave makes the wavelength ________________.
What is decrease?
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22. Mr. Schmidt’s Brain for 600
As the wave nears shore, water piles up and causes the _______________ to increase.
What is wave height?
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23. 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?
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24. Capture the Chapter for 200
The farther apart waves are, the greater their _______________.
What is wavelength?
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25. Capture the Chapter for 400
A _______________ is caused by an earthquake on the ocean floor.
What is tsunami?
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26. Capture the Chapter for 600
The most common salt in ocean water is ____________________.
What is sodium chloride?
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27. Capture the Chapter for 800
Surface currents usually flow more quickly than ________________ currents.
What are deep?
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32. Double Jeopardy 400 800 1200 1600 Wave Action Tides
Ocean Water Chemistry
Currents and Climate
Mr. Schmidt’s Brain
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33. Wave Action for 400 Waves start in the _______________
What is the open ocean?
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34. Wave Action for 800
The number of waves that pass a point in a certain amount of time is called the _________________.
What is frequency?
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35. What is longshore drift?
Wave Action for 1200
The movement of sand along the beach is called _______________.
What is longshore drift?
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36. Wave Action for 1600
Waves shape a ____________ by eroding the shore in some places and building it up in others.
What is a beach?
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37. Tides for 400 A spring tide occurs during these two moons.
What are new and full?
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38. Tides for 800 Tides are most noticeable in ________. What are oceans?
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39. Tides for 1200
This is the name for the tide with the least difference between low and high tide.
What is a neap tide?
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40. Tides for 1600
Engineers have designed __________ power plants that capture some of this energy as the tide moves in and out.
What is tidal?
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41. Ocean Water Chemistry for 400
On average, one ______________ of ocean water contains about 35 grams of salts.
What is kilogram?
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42. Ocean Water Chemistry for 800
This is the common name for sodium chloride.
What is table salt?
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43. Ocean Water Chemistry for 1200
The three zones of the ocean are ____________, ____________ and ________________
What are surface, transition, and deep?
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44. 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?
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45. Currents and Climate for 400
This is a large stream of moving water that flows through the oceans.
What is a current?
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46. 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?
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47. 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?
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48. Currents and Climate for 1600
An abnormal climate event that occurs every two to seven years in the Pacific Ocean.
What is El Nino?
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49. Mr. Schmidt's Brain for 400
Zones of upwellings are usually homes to huge schools of ____________
What are fish?
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50. 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?
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51. 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?
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52. 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?
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53. 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?
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54. Capture the Chapter for 800
Springen mean ________________ which is where spring tides get their names from.
What is to jump?
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55. Capture the Chapter for 1200
The temperature of the ocean water _______________ as you move away from the equator.
What is decreases?
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56. 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?
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