Waves

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Waves
Currents
Oceans
Water
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• What is caused by the movement of energy through
  a body of water?

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• Waves

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• What is the crest of the wave?

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• Highest part of a wave.

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• What is the term for the horizontal distance
  between crests?
• DOUBLE JEOPARDY

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• wavelength

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• Name 3 causes of a tsunami.

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• 1.Earthquakes
• 2. underwater volcanoes
• 3. underwater landslides

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What is the trough of a wave?
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The name for the lowest part of a wave.
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What is a current?
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A large stream of moving water that flows through
the ocean
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What is the name of the warm surface current that
impacts the climate in Europe?
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The Gulf Stream!!!
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Deep currents are caused by.
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Differences in density
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A change in the water temperature in the Pacific
Ocean that produces a warm current and can affect
weather patterns is
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El Nino
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How does a continent affect the movement of
surface currents?
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The continent deflects the current and causes it
to change directions.
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This is the great mountain range that formed when
two tectonic plates on the ocean floor moved
apart
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Mid-Ocean Ridge
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Saltwater will become more diluted (less salty)
if there is an increase in .
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PrecipitationDOUBLE JEOPARDY
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Temperature ___________ and salinity ____________
the deeper you go in the Ocean.
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Temperature decreasesSalinity increases
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What is the salinity of water?
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The total amount of dissolved salts that it
contains.
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How do temperature and pressure change as you
descend from the surface to the ocean floor?
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Temperature decreasesPressure increases
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True or False We can get more water!
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False the amount of water is fairly constant,
all weve had and all well ever have is already
here!Take care of it, you cant get more!
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_________ release water through transpiration.
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PLANTS
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Which ocean is the largest, which is the
smallest? (you must say them in the proper order)
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Pacific and Artic
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When molecules absorb enough energy to change
from a liquid to a gas it is called.
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evaporation
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True or False Icebergs are a common source of
drinking water.
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False we cant get to them, theyre frozen,
its tooooo coooooooooold! (and not readily
available)
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The effect of Earths rotation on the direction
of winds and currents is called _________.
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Coriolis effect
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Between the saturated and unsaturated zones lies
the
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Water table.
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What is permeability?
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Materials that allow water to easily pass
through.
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What is the upward movement of cold water from
the ocean depths?
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upwelling
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How do surface currents affect the climate of an
area?
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They warm or cool the air above it which
influences the climate of the land near the coast.