NS2-M3C5 - Seawater - It's Makeup and Movements Quiz 44

Between water and land, which absorbs and which loses heat more slowly?

• Water absorbs and loses heat more slowly than land.

• Land absorbs and loses heat more slowly than water.

• Water absorbs heat more slowly; land loses heat more slowly.

• Land absorbs heat more slowly; water loses heat more slowly.

• They absorb and lose heat at the same rate.

Beginning with Surface Water put the following steps of the Hydrologic Cycle in the correct order.

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Ground water flow

• Condensation

Which of the following are true about Nansen bottles? (Input all that apply, then push the ENTER button.)

• Samples bottom sediments.

• Test for minute marine life.

• Records water temperature.

• Used at the surface by hand.

• Created in the late 19th century

The round trip of evaporation condensation, and return travel to sea by way of precipitation

• Precipitation cycle

• Hydrogen cycle

• Hydrologic cycle

Approximately how many knots does the wind need to be before whitecaps start to form on waves?

• 5

• 10

• 15

• 20

What causes the most change in shoreline?

• sea life

• boat wake

• current

• waves

Waves of the sea as they break upon a shore or reef are called?

• Gradient

• Breakers

• Swell

• Surf

When the sun and the moon line up directly, the tides are at their ____ point. This is called ____.

• lowest; Neap Tide

• highest; Neap Tide

• highest; Spring Tide

• lowest; Spring Tide

Tidal energy is one of the oldest forms of energy used by humans. Put the following actions occurring in a dam in the correct order.

• Tides rise

• Turbines spin

• Generators powered

• Water released

Which warm ocean current of the northern Atlantic Ocean off North America originates in the Caribbean and flows northeastward?

• Sargasso Sea

• Strait of Gibraltar

• Red Sea

• Gulf Stream