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How much do you know about the ocean?
How much do you know about the ocean?
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8th Grade Earth Science Oceanagraphy.
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What is a large volume of water flowing in a certain direction?
Ocean Floor
Ocean Wave
Ocean Tide
Ocean Current
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How do we measure the salt content of our ocean's water?
Density
Acidity
Basicity
Salinity
3
What type of motion do waves undergo?
Horizontal
Diagonal
Circular
Linear
4
What describes a wave that forms when an ocean disturbance quickly moves a large vol of water?
Cyclone
Hurricane
Typhoon
Tsunami
5
How do we describe the average level of the ocean's surface at any given time?
sea level
altitude
height
range
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What is the top of a wave called?
Crest
Trough
Amplitude
Wavelength
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What is the bottom of a wave called?
Crest
Wavelength
Trough
Amplitude
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How many major oceans are there?
5
3
4
6
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Which layer of the ocean receives the most sunlight?
Deep Zone
Middle Zone
Surface Zone
Twilight Zone
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Where in the ocean is new seafloor created?
Abyssal Plain
Seamount
Mid-ocean ridge
Ocean Trench
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What does the ocean hold a lot of?
Heat
Density
Salt
Coral
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What is a circular system of currents?
A circle
A gyre
A wave
A swirl
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What is the vertical movement of water towards the ocean's surface?
Tide
Downwelling
Upwelling
Current
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Which effect causes ocean currents to move in different directions?
The Greenhouse Effect
The sun
The Coriolis Effect
Plate Tectonic Movement
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What causes ocean tides?
Earth's orbit
The Earth's gravitational pull
Sunlight
The moon's gravitational pull