Quiz about Chapter 12 Earth's Water Test Review

Question 1

What is the name of ocean #1?

Accepted Answer

Pacific

Answer

Arctic

Answer

Southern

Answer

Indian

Question 2

What is the name of ocean #2?

Accepted Answer

Arctic

Answer

Atlantic

Answer

Southern

Answer

Indian

Question 3

What is the name of ocean #3?

Accepted Answer

Atlantic

Answer

Pacific

Answer

Indian

Answer

Arctic

Question 4

What is the name of ocean #4?

Accepted Answer

Indian

Answer

Southern

Answer

Pacific

Answer

Arctic

Question 5

What is the name of ocean #5?

Accepted Answer

Southern

Answer

Indian

Answer

Atlantic

Answer

Pacific

Question 6

When one water particle bumps its neighboring water particle, the wind energy transfers to the ________ particle

Accepted Answer

neighboring

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fresh

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salt

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water cycle

Question 7

Surface waves are caused by ______ moving through the water

Accepted Answer

energy

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wind

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surface

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matter

Question 8

A surface wave transfers energy over a distance without moving any _______

Accepted Answer

matter

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surface

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wind

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energy

Question 9

The colliding, or bumping, water particles cause the ______ waves to move across the ocean

Accepted Answer

surface

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neighboring

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wind

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energy

Question 10

The energy comes mostly from ________ across the surface water

Accepted Answer

wind blowing

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energy

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neighboring

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matter

Question 11

The surface water is forced to move ______ in the air

Accepted Answer

higher

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lower

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fall

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land

Question 12

The wave crashes onto _____

Accepted Answer

land

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sea

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erosion

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higher

Question 13

The bottom of the wave ______ the ocean floor

Accepted Answer

touches

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sound

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slows

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lower

Question 14

The friction from the ocean floor ______ the wave

Accepted Answer

slows

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land

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sound

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erosion

Question 15

The wind energy transfers to ______ energy, and some wind energy causes beach ______

Accepted Answer

sound; erosion

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erosion; sound

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slows; higher

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land; fall

Question 16

What causes surface waves other than wind energy?

Accepted Answer

the pull of gravity of the sun and moon

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the vibrations of fish movement

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the friction of the sand at the ocean floor

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energy transfer

Question 17

What is the largest and deepest ocean?

Accepted Answer

Pacific

Answer

Arctic

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Southern

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Atlantic

Question 18

What is a wave that occurs at the top of the ocean called?

Accepted Answer

surface wave

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radio wave

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transverse wave

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up-and-down

Question 19

What is the scientific study of the ocean called?

Accepted Answer

oceanography

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photography

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meterology

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energy transfer

Question 20

What is the smallest and shallowest ocean?

Accepted Answer

Arctic

Answer

Indian

Answer

Atlantic

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Pacific

Question 21

What kind of motion does a surface wave have?

Accepted Answer

up-and-down

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zigzag

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side-to-side

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none

Question 22

What three things determine the size of a surface wave?

Accepted Answer

1. the distance over which the wind blows

2. how long the wind blows
3. the speed of the wind

Answer

1. energy transfer
2. oceanography
3. friction

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1. gravity
2. the speed of the wind
1. 3. how long the wind blows

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1. the distance over the wind blows
2. friction
3. the speed of the wind

Question 23

Why are we able to say that there is just one ocean?

Accepted Answer

because they all connect together

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because they are all separate

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because of energy transfer

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because of gravity

Question 24

Which currents are cold?

Accepted Answer

California and Humboldt

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California and Gulf

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Gulf and Humboldt

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Just California

Question 25

What is the origin of surface currents?

Accepted Answer

when God created the winds to move across the water

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when Matthew Maury found the path in the seas

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when the Psalmist wrote about the paths in the seas

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none

Question 26

What forms surface currents?

Accepted Answer

the wind

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the salt in the water

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change in temperature

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change in temperature and the salt in the water

Question 27

What causes surface currents to move east and west?

Accepted Answer

the winds

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the earth's revolution

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the continents

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the water

Question 28

What causes surface currents to turn north or south?

Accepted Answer

the continents

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the winds

Answer

the earth's revolution

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the waters

Question 29

What causes surface currents to move in a circular pattern?

Accepted Answer

the earth's rotation

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the winds

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the water

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the continents

Question 30

What direction do surface currents in the Northern Hemisphere move in?

Accepted Answer

clockwise

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counterclockwise

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clockwise or counterclockwise

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none

Question 31

In what direction do warm currents flow?

Accepted Answer

from the equator to the North or South Pole

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from the continents to the middle of the oceans

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from the North or South Pole to the equator

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from the equator to the South Pole

Question 32

In what direction do cold currents flow?

Accepted Answer

from the North or South Pole to the equator

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from the equator to the North or South Pole

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from the continents to the middle of the oceans

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from North America to South America

Question 33

What two things affect deep ocean currents?

Accepted Answer

changes in water temperature and how much salt is in the water

Answer

wind and salt

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changes in water temperature and the speed of the wind

Answer

the changes in surface currents and the speed of the wind

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