Water Unit

Which indirectly causes ocean and sea waves?

• pressure energy

• tidal energy

• solar energy

• sea energy

How will this pie graph change if temperatures on Earth continue to increase?

• Less than 2% of the Earth's water will be in the polar ice caps.

• Less than 97% of Earth's water will be salt water.

• Nearly all water from Earth's polar ice caps will become available freshwater.

• Nearly all of Earth's available freshwater will disappear.

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Which of the following form the pattern of surface currents on Earth?

• the Sun's gravitational pull and Earth's rotation

• global winds and the Coriolis effect

• high and low tides

• the Moon's gravitational pull and Earth's tilt on its axis

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Which of the following best explains why surface currents turn in opposite directions above and below the equator?

• The temperature of the water above and below the equator is opposite, causing the currents to rotate in opposite directions.

• Surface currents are affected by the rotation of Earth, and this is called the Coriolis effect.

• Surface currents are affected by the rotation of Earth, and this is called the circular effect.

• The density of the water above and below the equator line is opposite, causing the currents to rotate in opposite directions.

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Which is most likely represented by letter X?

• Oceanic trench

• abyssal plain

• volcanic island

• continental slope

Which correctly orders the reservoirs of Earth's total water from the largest to the smallest portions?

• oceans → lakes → ice → rivers → groundwater

• groundwater → oceans → lakes → rivers → ice

• ice → oceans → lakes → groundwater → rivers

• oceans → ice → groundwater → lakes → rivers

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Which number identifies the continental shelf?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Which ocean temperature zone is the warmest?

• surface zone

• deep zone

• thermocline

• littoral zone

Which ocean borders the Georgia coast?

• Atlantic Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

• Arctic Ocean

• Southern Ocean

What is the name of this current?

• North Equatorial Current

• North Atlantic Drift

• Gulf Stream Current

• Labrador Current

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