9.10: Earth's Oceans- Challenge 2
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- 5472
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- 1. A wave moves across the ocean as ___ is transferred to the water in the direction the wave is traveling.
- energy
- 2. When a wave breaks onshore, it is not the water but the ___ that has traveled from where the wave formed.
- energy
- 3. A water molecule in a wind wave moves in a(n) ___ motion.
- elliptical
- 4. ___ tides have the smallest tidal range.
- Neap
- 5. Tides are caused primarily by the ___, whose gravity pulls on the ocean.
- Moon
- 6. If you wanted to see the most tide pools on a shore, you should go ___.
- during a spring tide, when the tide is low
- 7. In which direction do the westerlies blow in the middle latitudes?
- West to East
- 8. The ___ Circumpolar Current is the only major current that does not meet a continent.
- Antarctic
- 9. ___ are major surface currents that flow clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
- Gyres
- 10. Ocean currents transfer thermal energy from the ___.
- equatorial region to the polar regions
- 11. The Gulf Stream's warm water raises temperatures in the ___.
- North Atlantic Ocean
- 12. If ocean water did not move, Earth would be blazing in the ___ region and frigid in the ___ regions.
- equatorial; polar
- 13. ___ brings nutrients from the deep ocean to the surface, which sustains life.
- Upwelling
- 14. Differences in temperature and salinity change the ___ of seawater.
- Density
- 15. ___ circulation is vertical movement of water that drives deep ocean circulation.
- Thermohaline