UNIT 5 TEST: OCEANOGRAPHY

Plankton produce what?

• A. Food for consumers

• B. Food for secondary consumers

• C. Oxygen we breath.

• D. All of the above.

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Our fresh drinking water comes from ______.

• Water cycle

• Underground

• Ocean currents

• Volcanic eruptions

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Sunlight causes ocean water to become clouds by what process?

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Rain

• Climate change

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Which of the following is not a problem affecting our oceans?

• Overfishing

• Ocean acidification

• Sharks

• Climate change

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The problem where coral are not able to rebuild their skeleton is a result of what?

• Increase in carbon dioxide in the air

• Increase in ocean pH

• Both increase in carbon dioxide and ocean pH

• Increase in carbon dioxide and decrease in ocean pH

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The size of a wave in the open ocean depends on what?

• the strength of the wind blowing across the water's surface.

• particle motion.

• wave frequency.

• the moon's gravitational pull.

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What happens to the particle motion of water particles as you travel deeper beneath the ocean's surface?

• Water particles move in bigger circles.

• Water particles move in smaller circles.

• The movement of water particles stays the same.

• The movement of water particles becomes irregular.

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All of the following determines how high a wave will be except what?

• Wind speed

• duration

• fetch

• Phase of the moon

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What happens to a wave’s height as it approaches shore?

• Its height decreases and its wavelength increases

• Its height and wavelength decrease

• Its height increases and its wavelength decreases

• Its height and wavelength increase

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What is the difference between wave and tide?

• A wave is generated by wind and tides by the sun.

• A wave is generated by the sun and the tides by the moon.

• Both waves are created by the wind.

• A wave is generated by the wind the tides by the moon.

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