Water in the Oceans
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| What does the motion of the water moving up and down form? | A wave
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| What do strong and gusty winds blowing over a large area cause? | Storm surge
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| What is formed when colder, saltier water mixes with warmer, less salty water? | Deep-ocean current
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| Steady winds cause the oceans to flow in paths like rivers. What does this steady flow cause? | Surface current
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| What has the greatest effect on changing tides? | Pull of the moon's gravity
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| Why does erosion make beaches smaller? | It carries sand and sediment away from the shore.
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| What is the motion that would best describe the way waves move? | Up and down
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| Why is the gravitational force of the moon on Earth's oceans stronger than the gravitational force of the sun? | The moon is closer to Earth than the sun
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| Which factors affect the density of deep-ocean currents? | temperature and the amount of salt
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| Why does a deep-ocean current occur? | Denser water flows beneath less dense water.
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| Why are waves usually bigger in an ocean than in a small lake? | Oceans have larger areas, so they have bigger waves.
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| Water droplets that fall from the clouds because they are too heavy form this. | Precipitation
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| What is the process of liquid changing to a gas? | Evaporation
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| What is the process of gas changing to a liquid? | Condensation
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| What is the process of ocean water constantly changing from liquid to gas and back to liquid? | Water cycle
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| What is the daily change in the ocean's water level that is caused by the gravitational pull of the sun and the moon? | Tide
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