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5th Grade Ocean Jeopardy
Sand, clay, and other materials are called what?
Sand, clay, and other materials are called what?
Sediments
What is Sodium Chloride?
What is Sodium Chloride?
A salt
What is another name for deep ocean valleys?
What is another name for deep ocean valleys?
Trenches
What do you call a wave in which the crest has tumbled forward?
What do you call a wave in which the crest has tumbled forward?
Breaker
What is a tsunami?
What is a tsunami?
A giant wave usually caused by an earthquake.
What is a current?
What is a current?
Water that moves in a certain direction.
What is the lowest point of the wave called?
What is the lowest point of the wave called?
Trough
What do we call winds that blow from east to west?
What do we call winds that blow from east to west?
Trade Winds
What is the Submarine Canyon?
What is the Submarine Canyon?
A groove cut in the continental shelf and slope.
What is the flat part of the ocean floor called?
What is the flat part of the ocean floor called?
Abyssal Plain
What are Neap Tides?
What are Neap Tides?
Low tides that are not very low, and high tides that are not very high.
What are Westerlies?
What are Westerlies?
Winds that blow from west to east.
What is another name for a mountain chain on the ocean floor?
What is another name for a mountain chain on the ocean floor?
Mid-Ocean Ridge
What are very high tides and very low tides called?
What are very high tides and very low tides called?
Spring Tides
What part of the ocean lies at the bottom of the continental slope?
What part of the ocean lies at the bottom of the continental slope?
Continental Shelf
In which two places is the ocean water less salty?
In which two places is the ocean water less salty?
The poles and the equator.
How often to tides rise and fall?
How often to tides rise and fall?
Every 6 hours
What is the difference between ocean water and drinking water?
What is the difference between ocean water and drinking water?
Ocean water has salt.
When are tides somewhat high and somewhat low? **HINT: (Where are the earth, moon, and sun located?)
When are tides somewhat high and somewhat low? **HINT: (Where are the earth, moon, and sun located?)
When the earth, moon, and sun are at a 90 degree angle.
In what part of the ocean bottom does the continental shelf plunge downward sharply?
In what part of the ocean bottom does the continental shelf plunge downward sharply?
Continental Slope
What is the rise and fall of ocean water called?
What is the rise and fall of ocean water called?
Tides
What part of the ocean bottom is near land?
What part of the ocean bottom is near land?
Ocean Floor
When are tides extremely high and extremely low? **HINT: (Where are the earth, moon, and sun located?)
When are tides extremely high and extremely low? **HINT: (Where are the earth, moon, and sun located?)
When the earth, moon, and sun are all aligned and at the same angle.
The highest part of a wave is called what?
The highest part of a wave is called what?
a Crest
What are tides primarily produced by?
What are tides primarily produced by?
Gravitational Pull
Draw the positions of the earth, moon, and sun during a neap tide.
Draw the positions of the earth, moon, and sun during a neap tide.
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