Water on Earth Unit test

When water freezes and changes to its _________ state it expands, while all other substances contract.

Which stage of the water cycle happens when water is heated?

The water cycle is the constant movement of water through the oceans, atmosphere, land & living things which repeats

Weather predictions have become much more accurate in recent years due to radar and satellites.

Oceans more prone to evaporation display higher salinity levels.

What is the percentage of Earth's water that is freshwater?

Cold currents move water from the north and south towards the equator

More than seventy percent of the Earth's surface is water.

The two water bulges on opposite sides of the Earth aligned with the Moon, are called low tides.

Seawater varies in the degree of salinity throughout the world.

Global winds blow in the same direction at all time.

The top of a wave is called the 

How do the Sun and Moon’s gravitational pulls affect Earth’s tides?

Why might seawater and freshwater not mix?

What is a storage location for water such as an ocean, glacier, pond, or even the atmosphere?

What is the study of Earth's solid material and structures, and the processes that create them?

Sodium is the most abundant ion in seawater.

The aphotic zone has which of the following characteristics?

What are dangerous local surface currents that move large amounts of water offshore very quickly?

____________________ is the amount of salt dissolved in water.

Oceans moderate Earth’s temperature by

When the Sun's and the Moon's gravitational pulls oppose, spring tides occur.

This tide occurs during new moon and full moon.

The tidal range is the vertical difference between the high tide and the succeeding low tide.

What makes it so hard to live at the bottom of the ocean?

The three states of matters are: Liquid, solid, and ______.

The largest waves are built by

The Gulf Stream's warm water raises temperatures in which body of water?

What is the term for the difference between the high and low tides in one day?

When water vapor is converted from a gas to a liquid, which part of the water cycle is this?

Rain, sleet, hail, or snow are example of this.

Which of the following is NOT true about the oceans?

Which of the following terms describe the difference in height between the crest and the trough of a wave? 

A single water molecule may remain in a reservoir for a long or a short time.

Which scientists would seek to understand why the salinity of water varies along a coastline?

Why does the Antarctic Circumpolar Current flow nonstop around the globe?

When living things create their own light through chemical reactions.

Water deflects towards the _________ in the Northern Hemisphere due to the Coriolis effect.

Plants do this process where water vapor can go into the air through the leaves.

Tides are the daily rise and fall of sea level at any given place.

If meteorologists study weather patterns, who studies longer-term atmospheric phenomena like climate?

Ocean waves are formed by the transfer of energy from wind to ocean water.

Climate change could cause changes in ocean currents and circulation patterns, potentially impacting marine ecosystems.

Surface currents are the predictable movements of ocean water along the surface.

Water molecules contain one oxygen atom and how many hydrogen atoms?

LIfe on Earth would not exist here with water.

Oceans cover just over _____ percent of the Earth's surface.

These are the 5 major loops located on Earth's oceans created by surface ocean currents.

Neap tides occur during the 1st and 3rd quarters of the Moon.

Warm currents move water from the equator to the cooler areas in the north and south.

What is a molecule with one end partially positive and the other end partially negative.