Physical Oceanography Preassessment

What do waves move?

• water

• energy

• Both water and energy

• Neither water nor energy

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

What do currents move?

• water

• energy

• both water and energy

• neither water nor energy

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You are on a sinking ship 100 km from land with no radio. You put an SOS message in a bottle. How long will it take for the waves to carry it to land (wavelength 5 m, waveheight 2 m, period 15s)?

• About a day

• About a month

• About a year

• Never

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

The difference between high and low tide is the same every day

• True

• False

These are the least understood waves because very few people that experience them survive.

• Tsunami

• Tides

• Rogue Waves

• Capillary waves

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

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The difference between high tide and low tide in the Bay of Fundy can be as tall as a 4 story building

• True

• False

Which has the greatest impact on tides?

• Sun

• Moon

• Waves

• Currents

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A lot of what we know about currents comes from random drifting objects that fall into the oceans (aka drifters), such as sneakers, rubber duckies, and dismembered human feet

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The largest high tides occur when

• The moon is full

• The moon is a quarter moon

• There is a crescent moon

• The sun is shining

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Coriolis force is why toilet water in the southern hemisphere spin the opposite direction when they are flushed

• True

• False