The Ultimate Geogarphy Quiz: Water Bodies

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18. When the sun, Earth, and moon form a 90-degree angle what type of tide occurs

Neap tides

Spring tides

Tidal range

19. What is a storm surge?

Waves that form when a large volume of ocean water is suddenly moved up or down

None of the above

20. The highest point in a wave is called the:

Crest

Trough

Upwelling

Breakers

None of the above

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22. Continental Deflection is

What happens when a wave hits the beach

The wavelenght of a wave

What occurrs when surface currents meet continents

None of the above

23. The lowest point in the wave is called:

Breakers

Creast

Wave Period

Trough

None of the above

24. The wave height is:

The distance between two adjacent wave crests or wave troughs

The time between the passage of two wave crests (or troughs) at a fixed point

The vertical distance between a wave's crest and its trough

None of the above

25. Surface currents carry warmer water.

Sometimes to Hawaii to Brazil

From the Equatorial region to the Polar region

From the Polar region to the Equatorial region

Changes based on El Nino

None of the above

26. The Coriolis Effect is

The curving of moving objects from a straight path due to the Earth's rotation

The effect that a continent has on a current when it comes in contact with the continent

Streamlike movements of ocean water far elow the surface

The effect of increasing salination through evaporation

27. The difference between levels of ocean water at high tide and low tide is called

Neap tides

Spring tides

Tidal range

28. Rolling waves that move in a steady procession across the ocean are called:

Swells

Whitecaps

Surf

None of the above

29. Near the equator, the winds blow ocean water.

North to South

South to North

East to West

West to East

All of the above - the winds constantly change thus changing the direction of the currents

30. What was the name of the explorer in 1947 that proved that Ocean Currents could have moved people across the ocean?

Thor Heyerdal

Jacques Cousteau

David Jenkins

Heinrik Wilhelm

None of the above

31. The process in which cold, nutrient-rich water from the deep ocean rises to the surface and replace warm surface water is called?

El Nino

Breakers

Upwelling

Riptides

32. Breakers are

Waves that gravity eventually pulls the high wave crests down, causing them to crach into the ocean floor

Waves that move in water that is less than one-half of their wave length

The area between the breaker zone and the shore

None of the above

33. When waves hit the shore at an angle, they cause water to move along the shore in a current called

Longshore current

Deep water current

Shallow water current

Longshore deflection

Sediment current

34. White foaming waves with very steep crests that break in the open ocean before the waves get close to the shore are called:

Breakers

Swells

Surf

Whitecaps

None of the above

35. When the sun, Earth, and Moon are in alignment with one another what type of tides occur

Neap tides

Spring tides

Tidal range

None of the above

36. At the poles, the ocean water is blown.

South to North

West to East

East to West

North to South

All of the above - the winds constantly change thus changing the direction of the currents

37. Shallow-water waves are

The area between the breaker zone and the shore

Waves that gravity eventually pulls the high wave crests down, causing them to crach into the ocean floor

Waves that move in water that is deeper than one-half of their wavelength

Waves that move in water that is less than one-half of their wave length

38. Deep Currents move water.

From the Polar region to the Equatorial region

From the Equatorial region to the Polar region

From California to Mexico

None of the above

39. Deep-water waves are

Waves that move in water that is deeper than one-half of their wavelength

Waves that move in water that is less than one-half of their wave length

Waves that gravity eventually pulls the high wave crests down, causing them to crach into the ocean floor

The area between the breaker zone and the shore

40. A body of water that rushes up through a narrow bay, estuary, or river channel during the rise of high tide, causing a very sudden tidal rise is called a

Tsunami

Storm surge

Tidal bore

Wave crest

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The Ultimate Geogarphy Quiz: Water Bodies

1. Streamlike movements of water that occur at or near the surface of the ocean are called:

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. When waves crash on the beach head-on, the water they moved through flows back to the ocean underneath new incoming waves. this movement of water, that carries sand, rock particles, and plankton away from the shore is called an

3. The roation of the Earth and the moon's revolution around the Earth determine when tides occur?

4. The moon's gravity is the dominant force behind Earth's tides?

5. Waves that form when a large volume of ocean water is suddenly moved up or down are called (Type Tsunami or Ocean Surge)

6. For any given wavelength, an (Type increase or decrease) in the wave period will decrease the wave speed.

7. To calculate wave speed (m /s) use the formula Wavelength (m) divided by wave period (s)

8. The cold-water current, called the California Current, keeps the climate along the West Coast fairly (type warm, cool, or mild) all year long compared with temperatures inland.

9. The Gulf Stream flows to the British Isles which creates a relatively (type warm, cool, or mild) climate.

10. The ____ ______ carries warm water from the Tropics to the North Atlantic Ocean.

11. Some surface currents warm or cool coastal areas year-round.

12. Surface currents have no affect on the climate in many parts of the world?

13. Increase in salinity can occur both through freezing and evaporation?

14. Surface currents can reach depths of several hundred meters and lengths of several thousand kilometers?

15. What are the three factors that affect surface currents?

16. Deep currents form in parts of the ocean where water density.

17. Different Winds cause currents to flow in different directions?

18. When the sun, Earth, and moon form a 90-degree angle what type of tide occurs

19. What is a storm surge?

20. The highest point in a wave is called the:

21. All three factors of global winds, the Coriolis effect, and continental deflection work together to form a pattern of surface currents on the earth, but currents are also affected by the temperature of the water.

22. Continental Deflection is

23. The lowest point in the wave is called:

24. The wave height is:

25. Surface currents carry warmer water.

26. The Coriolis Effect is

27. The difference between levels of ocean water at high tide and low tide is called

28. Rolling waves that move in a steady procession across the ocean are called:

29. Near the equator, the winds blow ocean water.

30. What was the name of the explorer in 1947 that proved that Ocean Currents could have moved people across the ocean?

31. The process in which cold, nutrient-rich water from the deep ocean rises to the surface and replace warm surface water is called?

32. Breakers are

33. When waves hit the shore at an angle, they cause water to move along the shore in a current called

34. White foaming waves with very steep crests that break in the open ocean before the waves get close to the shore are called:

35. When the sun, Earth, and Moon are in alignment with one another what type of tides occur

36. At the poles, the ocean water is blown.

37. Shallow-water waves are

38. Deep Currents move water.

39. Deep-water waves are

40. A body of water that rushes up through a narrow bay, estuary, or river channel during the rise of high tide, causing a very sudden tidal rise is called a

41. Forces that continually move ocean water in regular patterns are called

42. Surface currents are classified as ______water or _______water currents.

43. Streamlike movements of ocean water far below the surface that are not affected by wind or the Coriolis effect is called?

44. Two factors that combine to affect the density of ocean water are?

10. The __ carries warm water from the Tropics to the North Atlantic Ocean.

42. Surface currents are classified as water or _water currents.