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Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a wave?

a)

Distance which wind blows against a body of water

b)

Water that moves forward to get onto the shore

c)

Movement of energy through a body of water

d)

Water that ends up in the same spot it started

2.

What are tsunamis?

a)

A wave

b)

An earthquake beneath the ocean floor that causes a large wave to form

c)

The moon rotating around the world to cause a large wave to form

3.

What are sand dunes?

a)

A natural landform that protects shorelines

b)

A wall of rocks/concrete going outward towards the beach

c)

Beach shaped by waves through erosion

d)

Hills of windblown sand

4.

What is water motion?

a)

White capped waves that crash onto shore

b)

Water particles that move in a circular path

c)

The lowest part of a wave

d)

The energy of a wave

5.

What is longshore drift?

a)

The direction of incoming waves

b)

Water that washes up the beach at an angle, carrying sand grains

c)

A rush of water that flows rapidly back to sea through a narrow opening

6.

How are tides made?

a)

becasue the people drink up the water

b)

the pull of the moons gravity

c)

the pull of gravity on the earth

7.

How long does it take for a tide to occur?

a)

10 hours and 60 mins

b)

12 hours and 25 mins

c)

25 hours

d)

7 hours and 30 mins

8.

What occurs first, a spring tide, or a neap tide?

a)

Spring tide first, neap tide second

b)

Neap tide first, spring tide second

9.

How is water made in to power?

a)

the fast water just gives us energy

b)

they just have power in them

c)

the fast motion through the turbines makes power

d)

the fast motion through the wind makes power

10.

What is the main cause of tides?

a)

the sun

b)

gravity on the earth

c)

the moon

d)

gravity from the earth,sun,and moon

11.

What percent of the world is fresh water?

a)

3%

b)

5%

c)

2%

d)

the amount of fresh water is 97%

12.

How low does the temperature have to be for water to freeze?

a)

-2.3 C

b)

1 C

c)

-1.9 C

d)

-4.4 C

13.

Where is oxygen most plentiful in the sea water?

a)

At the surface of the ocean

b)

At the bottom of the ocean

c)

Near the middle of the ocean

14.

What temperature does the surface of an ocean often reach?

a)

5 degrees celcius

b)

10 degrees celcius

c)

15 degrees celcius

d)

25 degrees celcius

15.

Does pressure increase when nearing the bottom of the ocean or the surface?

a)

Bottom of the ocean

b)

Surface of the ocean

16.

How do surface currents affect the water?

a)

It affects the depths

b)

It affects the fish

c)

It affects the wind drift

17.

What affects does the golf stream and north atlantic drift have on the ocean and places near it?

a)

Takes the tropic to the poles

b)

It helps fishermen because theres not much snow

c)

It makes it cold and hotter for people to live in

d)

It helps store the energy from tides

18.

What is the coriolis effect?

a)

The movement of water because of gravity

b)

The movement of the wind because of the earth's rotation

19.

How does temperature change as you go deeper into the ocean?

a)

It gets warmer

b)

It gets colder

c)

It gets very hot

20.

Which of these areas would the salinity of the ocean water be the highest?

a)

A hot, dry area

b)

Near a rainy coastal area close to the equator

c)

At the mouth of a large river

d)

In cold deep water near the bottom of the ocean