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Jeopardy
Currents &
Ocean floor
Tides
Water Cycle
Oceans
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Final Jeopardy
Misc
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Dew is formed by
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What is the condensation of water vapor?
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This step returns water to the atmosphere
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What is evaporation or transpiration?
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Two physical changes that are essential process
in the water cycle.
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What are evaporation and condensation?
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The progression of evaporation, condensation
and precipitation is called
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What is the water cycle?
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Energy for the water cycle
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What is the Sun?
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Twice a day water rises slowly and covers the
land, then it ebbs back slowly. This movement
is called
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What is tides?
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Salts in the sea come from
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What is the weathering and erosion of rocks?
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NaCl (Salt)
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What are the 2 most abundant elements
dissolved in seawater?
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Tropical seas have a high rate of evaporation.
Because of this, the water in tropical seas will
have higher
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What is salt concentration?
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Warm water stays at the ocean surface because
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What is less dense than cold?
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The section of a continent that lies just off the
shoreline and extends beneath the ocean is
called
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What is the continental shelf?
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Looking at the deep ocean floor, what is the best
description of what you would see?
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What is high mountains and deep valleys?
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From the shoreline outward, what are the 3
features you would see in order?
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What is the continental shelf, continental slope,
and the abyssal plain?
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Along the mid-ocean ridge, new ocean floor is
formed at the rate of 2.5 cm per year. What
causes the new floor to form?
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What is movement of lava through cracks in the
Earth’s crust? (Divergent Boundary)
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An earthquake on the ocean floor causes a
water wave to form.
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What is a tsunami?
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This current moves perpendicular to the shore
and sometimes carries swimmers out to sea.
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What is a rip current?
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This is the cause of most ocean currents.
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What is the wind?
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This is the main cause of ocean tides.
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What is the gravitational pull of the moon?
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Full moon combined with the gravitational pull of
the sun and moon produce the biggest
differences between high and low tides.
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What is a spring tide?
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Winds and currents move in curved paths
because of this.
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What is the Coriolis Effect?
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The moon phases
for Neap tides.
What are 1st quarter and 3rd quarter?
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A substance through which water can pass
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What is permeable?
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Difference between a lake and a pond
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Pond is smaller and shallower with plants
growing on the bottom. Lake is larger and
deeper.
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Movement of water from the surface to greater
depths. As the water sinks, it carries oxygen
down from the surface.
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What is downdwelling?
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Increase in nutrients in a pond or lake.
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What is eutrophication?
Final Jeopardy
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G
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What is a Guyot?