Chapter 2 Review

These are formed when an ocean plate and a continental plate collide, the ocean plate is forced to bend steeply beneath

Smooth waves caused by winds and storms far out in the ocean. 

The wide open flat areas on the ocean floor are called?

The difference in level between a high tide and a low tide. 

Which is not a factor that affects the interaction of waves and tides along the shoreline

The distance from one crest to another

How are ocean ridges formed?

Why are oceans important?

The change in the direction of winds and currents caused by the Earth's spin.

Which factors help to create deep ocean currents?

When large pieces of land mass move over the Earth’s surface

The largest tidal movements which occur when the Earth, the moon and the sun are all in a line

The highest part of a wave

Large ripples n the ocean set in motion by steady winds.

Area between the coastline and the ocean basin.

The theory which states that continents have drifted apart as a result of the movement of tectonic plates.

Which ocean is shrinking?

Ocean currents which extend to an average depth of 200m.

Large waves that can be set in motion by earthquakes on the ocean floor, landslides or volcanic eruptions near the shore

The slow rise and fall of the ocean in a regular daily cycle

 Is formed when the roof of a sea arch collapses.

The celestial body whose gravitational pull causes the tides on Earth

The steeply sloping area on the edge of the continental shelf

As the trough touches the beach it is slowed by friction but the crest continues moving at the same speed and eventually

Which of these lists the oceans in the correct order form largest to smallest?

The smallest tidal movements which occur when the Earth and the moon are at right angles to each other.

A vertical movement of water from the sea floor to the ocean surface.

The lowest part of the wave. 

Ocean Currents deeper than 200m. 

Where do scientists believe the water came from