Hydrology Review Game

What is the most abundant salt in sea water?

• sodium chloride

• magnesium chloride

• calcium chloride

• potassium chloride

What happens when water vapor is cooled?

• It changes back to water

• it changes to a vapor

• precipitation

• condensation

Which of the following areas in the ocean is likely to have the lowest salinity?

• a warm, tropical sea

• the cold Arctic Ocean

• a bay at the mouth of a big river

• deep  parts of the Pacific Ocean

The energy for our own water cycle on earth comes from the power of the __.

• clouds

• water

• energy

• sun

The movement of cold, deep ocean water to replace warm water at the surface is called

• upwelling.

• a surface current.

• the Coriolis effect.

• El Niño

What weather event would cause the highest waves?

• tornadoes

• rain

• storms

• Hurricanes

What is the name for the distance between the crest and trough of a wave?

• Wave height

• wavecrest

• height

• width

What is the name for the distance from the crest of one wave to the crest of the next?

• wave stream

• wave height

• Wavelength

• wave tree

What causes tsunamis?

• rainstorms

• hurricanes

• thunderstorms

• Earthquakes on the ocean floor

What causes the tides?

• waves

• The gravitational pull of the moon and sun.

• the earth

• the length of the waves