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WorksheetsOcean Waves/Tides
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Water does not move, _____________ moves.
a)
Water
b)
Energy
c)
Waves
d)
Fish
2.
What is a group of long ocean waves that travel a great distance?
a)
Undertow
b)
Whitecaps
c)
Swells
d)
Longshore Current
3.
What is a subsurface current that is nearshore and that pulls objects out to sea?
a)
Undertow
b)
Longshore Current
c)
Tsunami
d)
Swells
4.
What are the bubbles in the crest of a breaking wave known as?
a)
Undertow
b)
Whitecaps
c)
Swells
d)
Longshore Current
5.
Which of the following is not a cause of a tsunami?
a)
Volcanic eruption
b)
Tornado
c)
Submarine earthquakes
d)
Landslide
6.
What is a local rise in sea level near the shore that is caused by strong winds from a storm?
a)
Undertow
b)
Storm surge
c)
Tsunami
d)
Longshore current
7.
What is a water current that travels near and parallel to the shoreline?
a)
Undertow
b)
Longshore current
c)
Whitecaps
d)
Swells
8.
What is the periodic rise and fall of the water level in the oceans?
a)
Tide
b)
Tidal range
c)
Spring Tide
d)
Neap Tide
9.
What is the increased tide that occurs two times in a month at the new and full moons?
a)
Tidal range
b)
Spring Tide
c)
Neap Tide
d)
Tide
10.
What is the difference between levels of ocean water at high and low tide?
a)
Tide
b)
Tidal range
c)
Spring tide
d)
Neap tide
11.
What is a tide of minimum range that occurs during the 1st and 3rd quarters of the moon?
a)
Tide
b)
Tidal range
c)
Spring tide
d)
Neap tide
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