Currents, Tides, and Waves

What is the Coriolis effect?

• heat transfer caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluids and the falling of cooler, more dense fluids.

• A punk rock band.

• the apparent deflection of moving air as a result of Earth's rotation.

• The amount of matter in a given volume.

On this questions, you must select the two correct answers to make this statement true.    The ___________________ and the __________________________ cause the ocean and sea water to bulge producing tides.

• Proximity of Jupiter and Gravitational Pull From the Moon

• Gravational Pull From the Moon and Rotation of the Earth

• Alignment of Mars and Venus and Proximity of Jupiter

• Rotation of the Earth and Solar Flares

The daily rise and fall of Earth's waters on its coastlines are called:

• Ocean Currents

• Waves

• Tides

• Eclipses

Energy moving through the water is called:

• Tide

• Current

• Wave

• Hurricane

This diagram represents a:

• Spring Tide

• Lunar Eclipse

• Neap Tide

• Solar Eclipse

This diagram represents:

• Solar Eclipse

• Lunar Eclipse

• Neap Tide

• Spring Tide

Number 4 represents:

• Amplitude of a wave

• Wavelength of a wave

• Crest of a wave

• Trough of a wave

Number 3 represents:

• Wavelength of a wave

• Crest of a wave

• Trough of a wave

• Amplitude of a wave

A mass of moving water that distributes heat and nutrients around the globe:

• Tide

• Wave

• Current

• Tsunami

This type of ocean current is driven by differences in density:

• Surface Current

• Rip Current

• Longshore Current

• Deep Current