Ch 2 Water and Atmosphere PreQuiz

Match the following

• a steep sided volcanic mountain rising from the dep ocean floor

• seamount

• a system that uses reflectled sound waves

• sonar

• the total amount of dissolved salts in a water sample

• trench

• a deep steep sided canyon in the ocean floor

• salinity

Match the following

• gently sloping shallow area

• contiental shelf

• smooth, nearly flat region of ocean covered in mud and silt

• abyssal plain

• steep edge of continental shelf

• continental slope

• long chain of mountains on ocean floor

• mid ocean ridge

The horizontal distance between crests of a ​ (a)   , is the ​ (b)   .

• wave
• wavelength

Waves are also measured by their ​ (a)   , the number of waves that pass a point in a certain amount of time.

• frequency
• wavelength
• motion
• energy

The ​ (a)   distance from the crest to the ​ (b)   is the wave (c)  

• vertical
• trough
• height.
• horizontal
• energy

Match the following

• tsunami

• 
• longshore drift

• 
• rip current

• 
• groin

• 

A large stream of moving water the flows through the oceans.

• current

• Coriollis effect

• El Nino

• El Nina

The effect of Earth's rotation on the direction of winds and currents is the ​ (a)  

• Coriollis effect.
• El Nina
• El Nino

​ (a)   an abnormal climate event occurs every 2-7 years in Pacific Ocean causing changes in winds, currents, and weather patterns.

​ (b)   a climate event in the eastern Pacific Ocean in which surface waters aer colder than normal.

• El Nino
• La Nina

​ (a)   is the pattern of ​ (b)   and ​ (c)   typical of an area over a long period of time.

• Climate
• temperature
• precipitation