Waves, Currents and Tides

____________are caused by the moon’s gravitational pull on the Earth.

• Tides

• Breaker

• Through

• Current

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Tides are the regular rise and fall of ocean water.

• True

• False

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Tides rise and fall about_________ a day.

• once

• monthly

• twice

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_______________ are flowing streams of water that move continually through the ocean in a specific direction.

• Carrots

• Breakers

• Currents

• Tides

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___________ current is caused by the movement of the earth and by the force and direction of the wind.

• Surface

• Through

• Barrier

• Inlet

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Surface ocean currents are generated mostly by _____________

• the Coriolis effect

• water density

• tides

• wind

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What name is given to large, destructive waves caused by underwater earthquakes and volcanoes?

• Spring tide
• Longshore current
• Tsunami
• Swell

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Which type of ocean movement can be divided into 2 groups: surface and deep?

• Current

• Wave

• Tide

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Which type of tides happen twice every day in most places?

• High/Low

• Spring

• Neap

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What is the lowest point of a wave called?

• crest
• trough
• breaker
• peak