Earth Science Ch. 14 Oceans Test

How do waves form? 

• Wind blowing across the surface
• Time wind blows
• Strength of the wind 
• Wind when blows upwards off the water

What are 3 wave characteristics? 

• wavelength, frequency, wave energy
• crest, trough, wavelength, 
• wave height, wave motion, crest
• wavelength, frequency, motion

What is the name of a climate event that occurs every two to seven years in the Pacific Ocean.  

• La Nina
• El Nina 
• La Nino  
• El Nino

What is the name of the largest and most powerful surface current in the North Atlantic Ocean? 

• Gulf of Mexico 
• Pacific Steam 
• Gulf Stream
• Atlantic Ocean steam 

What do we call the bottom of a transverse wave?

• crest
• trough
• wavelength
• amplitude

Which is not an ocean?

• Pacific
• Alantic
• Michigan
• Arctic

Ocean water is healthy for drinking.

• true
• false

The salt that is in your salt shaker is the same salt that is in our oceans?

• true
• false

Most of the Earth's water is in

• salty oceans
• freshwater lakes
• freshwater ponds
• glaciers

Temperature affects this greatly

• color
• density
• chlorine
• thermocline