Ocean Waves/Tides

Water does not move, _____________ moves.

• Water
• Energy
• Waves
• Fish

What is a group of long ocean waves that travel a great distance?

• Undertow
• Whitecaps
• Swells
• Longshore Current

What is a subsurface current that is nearshore and that pulls objects out to sea?

• Undertow
• Longshore Current
• Tsunami
• Swells

What are the bubbles in the crest of a breaking wave known as?

• Undertow
• Whitecaps
• Swells
• Longshore Current

Which of the following is not a cause of a tsunami? 

• Volcanic eruption
• Tornado
• Submarine earthquakes
• Landslide

What is a local rise in sea level near the shore that is caused by strong winds from a storm?

• Undertow
• Storm surge
• Tsunami
• Longshore current

What is a water current that travels near and parallel to the shoreline?

• Undertow
• Longshore current
• Whitecaps
• Swells

What is the periodic rise and fall of the water level in the oceans?

• Tide
• Tidal range
• Spring Tide
• Neap Tide

What is the increased tide that occurs two times in a month at the new and full moons?

• Tidal range
• Spring Tide
• Neap Tide
• Tide

What is the difference between levels of ocean water at high and low tide?

• Tide
• Tidal range
• Spring tide
• Neap tide