Chapter 8 Science Test

Question 1

How does the temperature of the ocean water affect its density?

Accepted Answer

The lower the temperature the higher the density

Question 2

The amount of waves that go through a point in a certain amount of time is the ______

Accepted Answer

frequency

Question 3

What is salt in the ocean made of?

Accepted Answer

Sodium Chloride

Question 4

The water in the ocean varies in...

Accepted Answer

salinity, amount of water, and depth

Question 5

What is an effect of warm ocean currents?

Accepted Answer

the warm the air above them

Question 6

Tsunamis are most common in which ocean?

Accepted Answer

Pacific

Question 7

What adds fresh water to the ocean?

Accepted Answer

melting ice

Question 8

_______ is a climate event that occurs every 2-7 years

Accepted Answer

El Nino

Question 9

What is a rogue wave?

Accepted Answer

a 30 meter wave

Question 10

What happens to the temperature as you descend into the ocean?

Accepted Answer

colder

Question 11

What is a groin?

Accepted Answer

a wall of rock

Question 12

What is it called when water goes into the atmosphere from plants?

Accepted Answer

Transpiration

Question 13

What percent of Earth's surface is fresh water?

Accepted Answer

3%

Question 14

The movement of sand along a beach is...

Accepted Answer

longshore drift

Question 15

what is a continental shelf?

Accepted Answer

A shallow, sloping, area in the ocean

Question 16

An artesian well is dug between two impermeable rocks

Accepted Answer

true

Question 17

What causes tsunamis?

Accepted Answer

earthquakes underwater

Question 18

Why is water important?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 19

What is an aquifer?

Accepted Answer

An underground layer of rock that holds water

Question 20

What part of the water cycle increases the salinity of the ocean?

Accepted Answer

evaporation

Question 21

If you know the depth of a water table you can tell how...

Accepted Answer

deep you must dig to reach ground water

Question 22

The land that supplies water to a river system is called a...

Accepted Answer

watershed

Question 23

Where does energy from the water cycle come from?

Accepted Answer

sun

Question 24

A tributary is a lake that flows into an ocean

Accepted Answer

false

Question 25

what causes a current

Accepted Answer

the wind

Question 26

What causes deep currents?

Accepted Answer

the difference in the density of water

Question 27

Which is most permeable?

Accepted Answer

gravel

Question 28

What is the crest of a wave?

Accepted Answer

The highest point

Question 29

What are breakers?

Accepted Answer

White capped waves that crash onto shore

Question 30

What is salinity?

Accepted Answer

the amount of salt in water

Question 31

The three water depth zones are the ________

Accepted Answer

surface, transition, deep

Chapter 8 Science Test

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Chapter 8 Science Test

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