Water and Oceanography Quiz

What is the term for the tendency of water to rise in a thin tube?

• Cohesion

• Adhesion

• Capillary action

• Polarity

Which term describes the attraction between molecules of the same substance?

• Polarity

• Convection

• Cohesion

• Adhesion

What is the effect of Earth's rotation on the direction of winds and currents called?

• Albedo effect

• Thermohaline circulation

• Anomalous Expansion

• Coriolis effect

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Infiltration

• Runoff

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What is the term for a change directly from the solid to the gaseous state without becoming liquid?

• Deposition

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Sublimation

What is the name of the horizontal movement of ocean water caused by wind?

• Halocline

• Surface current

• Thermocline

• Deep ocean current

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What is the term for a gently sloping, shallow area of the ocean floor that extends outward from the edge of a continent?

• Halocline

• Thermocline

• Abyssal plain

• Continental shelf

Define Upwelling

• The process in which warm, nutrient-poor water from the ocean depths rises to the surface.
• The process in which cold, nutrient-poor water from the ocean depths rises to the surface.
• The process in which warm, nutrient-rich water from the ocean depths rises to the surface.
• The process in which cold, nutrient-rich water from the ocean depths rises to the surface.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Movement of ocean water because of density difference in temperature and salinity.

• thermohaline
• salinity
• density
• temperature

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What is albedo?

• The measure of the amount of sunlight absorbed by a surface

• The measure of the reflectivity of a surface

• The measure of the heat emitted by a surface

• The measure of the color of a surface