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WorksheetsOceanography Final Study Q's Part 2
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 50mins
Which of the following is not a generating force for a wave?
Wind
Earthquake
Gravity
Landslides
The smallest wind-generated waves are called:
Capillary waves
Swells
Puddles
Tsunamis
____ are evenly spaced waves with smoothly rounded crests and troughs.
Capillary waves
Standing waves
Swells
Tsunamis
A(n) _____ force is a force that causes the water surface to go back to it's undisturbed state.
Initiating
Returning
Repairing
Restoring
A wave has two different types of energy:
Kinetic & Physical
Potential & Kinetic
Potential & Mechanical
Kinetic & Chemical
A deep water wave:
Travels in water deeper than one-half of its wavelength
Travels from the coast out to the open ocean
Can only originate in the southern ocean
Can only originate in the arctic ocean
The ______ is the distance between two consecutive crests or troughs.
Wavelength
Period
Amplitude
Speed
When can waves be refracted?
Never
When they move from deep to shallow water
When they travel north
When they move from shallow to deep water
Tsunamis are:
Caused by hurricanes
Waves that only travel in coastal waters
Caused by wind and restored by gravity
Shallow water waves caused by earthquakes
A standing wave:
Acts like a wind wave
Progresses in a forward motion
Is generated by surface tension
Forms in closed bodies of water
The highest part or top of the wave is called the:
Trough
Fetch
Crest
Wavelength
Tides are caused by:
The gravitational pull and rotation of the Earth, Moon, and Sun
Wind
Underwater Earthquakes
The magnetism of the North and South Pole
What causes the high tide on the opposite side of the moon?
The gravitational pull of the Moon
Centrifugal force
Ocean currents
Surface tension
______ has the strongest influence on Earths tides
The sun
The moon
Water depth
Earths magnetic core
The highest tide that rises in a day is called the:
High water level
Neap tide
Tidal Range
Spring tide
The difference between the highest high tide and the lowest low tide is called the:
Tide level
Tidal Range
Average tide
Tide table
A flood tide is:
The highest high tide
A tide that is lower than average
The average sea level
A rising tide
Mixed semidiurnal tides are characterized by:
Two daily high tides, One higher than the other
One daily high tide
One daily high tide that is always higher than the tide of the previous day
Two daily high and three daily low tides
The coriolis effect is the direct result of which of the following?
Temperature
Ocean currents
Rotation of the Earth
Wind
Trade winds:
Are unaffected by the coriolis effect
Diverge from the equator at a 90 degree angle
Develop between 30 degrees north and 30 degrees south
Move in the northern hemisphere
The ekman spiral occurs as a result of:
Salinity
Pressure
Dissolved gasses
Wind
Gyres are:
Large circular systems of surface currents
Affected by the coriolis effect only in the northern hemisphere
Extend only along the equator
Are found only in the pacific ocean
The major surface currents of the oceans rotate counterclockwise in the:
Northern hemisphere only
Southern hemisphere only
In both hemispheres
In the pacific ocean only
Downwelling of the surface waters to the bottom of the ocean occurs:
With cold, salty water
With cold, fresh water
With warm, salty water
Where the water column is stable
Tropical cyclones rotate _____ in the Northern hemisphere and _____ in the Southern hemisphere
Clockwise, counterclockwise
Counterclockwise, clockwise
Both counterclockwise
Faster, slower
