7 Ocean Test Review

Which of the following is NOT part of a wave?

• crest

• trough

• wavelength

• fetch

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What is another name for the foreshore?

• barrier island

• four shore

• intertidal zone

• beach

The length of time it takes one complete wave to travel is called the?

• period

• wavelength

• amplitude

• fetch

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

What percentage of the Earth is covered by water?

• 3.5%

• 33.3 %

• 71%

• 97%

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The amount of open water over which the wind blows is called the:

• wavelength

• period

• fetch

• amplitude

A flat area that has dark colored, sticky, smelly mud is a:

• intertidal zone

• beach

• tidal flat

• jetty

The region around the continents that includes the continental shelf and continental slope is called the ?

• continental margin

• intertidal zone

• beach

• abyssal plain

A large rotating ocean current is called a:

• tsunami

• gyre

• wave

• swell

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Match the following

• Type of motion a wave is said to have

• tsunami

• Huge wave that can cause damage and death

• swell

• Amount of salt in something

• salinity

• Long fast moving wave

• circular

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Match the following

• Area between the low tide line and permanent vegetation

• abyssal plain

• Light colored, rounded, non sticky

• beach

• A repeating pattern of crests and trough

• sand

• flat area of ocean, very deep

• wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS4-2