The Ocean Deep | Baamboozle - Baamboozle | The Most Fun Classroom Games!

English 24 Public

Ocean tides, waves, and current

Study Slideshow

The force that pulls fresh water toward the ocean is called?

Gravity

15

These are streams of water moving like rivers through the ocean.

currents

15

The up-and-down movements on the surface of the ocean are called....

waves

15

What causes most waves and surface currents?

wind

15

What do we call the regular changes in the water level of the oceans?

tides

15

What fraction of the earth is covered by water?

Three fourths

15

What are the two types of water found on the earth?

Fresh and salt

15

Fresh waters carries these to the oceans.

Nutrients and minerals

15

What are plankton?

Plants and animals that drift in the ocean and live near the surface.

15

True or false: Plankton provide food for many animals.

True

15

True or false: Nothing can live in the part of the ocean that does not get sunlight.

False

15

What landform features does the ocean floor have?

Mountains, valleys, and plains

15

These affect the climate of the land that they are near.

Surface currents

15

The path water takes as it travels between the earth and the air is called.....

The Water Cycle

15

These are caused by the gravitational pulls of the sun and the moon on the ocean.

tides

15

Underwater earthquakes, volcanoes and landslides sometimes cause these waves.

Tsunamis

15