Oceans Unit Review

What percent of Earth is covered in water?

• 71%

• 75%

• 50%

• 90%

What are the four major oceans?

• North, South, East, West

• Mediterranean, Caribbean, Red, Baltic

• Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic

Name of technology used to map the ocean floor

• Topography

• SONAR

• Submarines

• Radiation

Horizontal movement of water caused by wind

• Surface current

• Wave

• Tsunami

• Deep-ocean current

What is the phenomenon that causes wind belts and currents follow a curved pattern due to Earth’s rotation?

• Centrifugal force

• Revolution

• Coriolis effect

• The Moon

What causes waves?

• Earth

• Wind

• Fire

• Water

Three factors affecting wave size

What is it called when the bottom of a wave is slowed by friction, causing the top to topple over?

• Collapsing wave

• Breaker

• Tsunami

• Current

Waves approach beach at an angle, carrying sand and depositing it, creating sandbars

• Longshore current

• Surface current

• Riptide

• Breaker wave

What is the driving force of tides?

• Sun

• Wind

• Moon

• Tectonic plates