Ch. 13 Ocean Systems Test (R)

1. a tide of small range occurring during the first and third quarter phases of the Moon.

• neap tide
• continental shelf
• density
• downwelling
• El Nino

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

2. a tide of large range occurring during the new and full moons.

• spring tide
• continental shelf
• density
• downwelling
• El Nino

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

3. a measure of the amount of dissolved salt contained in water.

• salinity
• continental shelf
• density
• downwelling
• El Nino

4. the difference in height between high tide and the next low tide

• tidal range
• continental shelf
• density
• downwelling
• El Nino

5. a measure of the amount of matter packed into a unit volume.

• density
• continental shelf
• downwelling
• El Nino
• longshore current

6. the periodic rising and falling of the water level of the ocean due to the gravitational pulls of the Moon and the Sun.

• tide
• continental shelf
• density
• downwelling
• El Nino

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

7. the flat or gently sloping land that lies submerged around the edges of a continent and that extends from the shoreline out to the continental slope.

• continental shelf
• density
• downwelling
• El Nino
• longshore current

8. a narrow stream of water that breaks through a sandbar and drains rapidly back into deeper water.

• rip current
• continental shelf
• density
• downwelling
• El Nino

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

9. a system that uses sound waves to measure distance and locate objects underwater

• sonar
• continental shelf
• density
• downwelling
• El Nino

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

10. the overall direction and movement of the waves that strike the shore at an angle.

• longshore current
• continental shelf
• density
• downwelling
• El Nino