| A | B |
|---|
| Does the sun or the moon have the biggest effect on tides? | moon |
| When the sun, earth, and moon are in a line you get a ___ tide. | spring |
| During the first or last quarter moon you get a ___ tide. | neap |
| During a full or new moon you get a ___ tide. | spring |
| During a full moon you would have a high tide at about what times? | noon and midnight |
| If the moon is a first quarter, what time(s) would you expect the high tide to be? | 6 pm and 6 am |
| For tidepooling, the ideal would be a ____ moon at about _____. | new or full moon, 6 pm or 6 am |
| The area between high and low tide is called the ___. | intertidal zone |
| Over the equater it is ____ pressure. | low |
| At 30 degrees north it is ___ pressure | high |
| At 60 degrees north it is ___ pressure. | low |
| At 90 degrees north it is ___ pressure. | high |
| High pressure is (wet or dry)? | dry |
| Low pressure is (wet or dry)? | wet |
| Between 0 & 30 degrees N. the winds are from the ___. | northeast |
| Between 30 & 60 degrees N. the winds are from the ___. | southwest |
| Between 60 & 90 degrees N. the winds are from the ___. | northeast |
| Winds at the equator are usually (strong or weak). | weak |
| Wind is caused by ___. | unequal heating of the earth's surface |
| Wind is described by ___ & ___. | direction and speed |
| A ___ breeze blows onto land during the ___. | sea, day |
| A ___ breeze blows out to sea during the ___. | land, night |
| The ___ keeps England warm. | Gulf Stream |
| ____ currents curriculate water through all the oceans. | Deep water density |
| A _____ current flows from land out to sea. | rip current |
| To escape a rip current you should _____. | swim perpendicular to the current (parallel to shore) |
| The boundry between warm surface water and cold deeper water is called the ___. | thermocline |
| Wave height depends upon ___, ___, & ___. | fetch, speed, & duration |
| Fetch is the ________. | distance wind blows over open water |
| Wave length is measured from ___ to ___ | crest to crest (or trough to trough) |
| Wave height is measured from ___ to ___ | trough to crest |
| Tsunamis are caused by ___, ___, & ___. | earthquakes, land slides, volcanoes |
| The ____ is used to describe wind speeds and effects. | Beaufort scale |
| Sonar depth sounders were invented by someone trying to ____. | create a warning for icebergs |
| Satellites measure ocean depth by measuring ____. | sea surface height |
| from shore outward you can expect to find ___, ___, ___, & ___ | continental shelf, continental slope, continental rise, abyssal plain |
| ____ canyons are located in the continental slope. | Submarine |
| Sea floor spreading creats ____. | mid-ocean ridges |
| One ocean plate diving under another causes ___. | trenches |
| Volcanoes that never got to the surface of the ocean are called ___. | sea mounts |
| Volcanoes that were once above the ocean surface, eroded to a flat top, and then sunk below the surface are called ___. | Guyots |
| The Hawaiian Islands were created by a ___. | hot spot |
| ___ are created by coral reefs that suround a volcano that has sunk below the surface. | atoll |
| The ____ is a stream of high altitude, fast moving air that impacts weather. | jet stream |
| As water is moving toward a high tide (rushes in) it is called a ____ tide. | flood |
| As water is moving toward a low tide (flows back to sea again) it is called a ____ tide. | ebb |
| Ocean currents in the northern hemisphere move in a _____ direction. | clockwise |
| Wind direction is given as the direction the wind ________. | is coming FROM. |
| In most places along the coast there are ___ high and low tides each day. | 2 |
| Put in order starting with high tide: HIGH TIDE, LOW TIDE, EBB TIDE, FLOOD TIDE, HIGH TIDE | HIGH TIDE > EBB TIDE > LOW TIDE> FLOOD TIDE > HIGH TIDE |
