Jeopardy Currents Ocean floor Tides Water Cycle Oceans

Jeopardy Currents & Ocean floor Tides Water Cycle Oceans $100 $100 $200 $200 $300 $300 $400 $400 $500 $500 Final Jeopardy Misc

1 - $100 n Dew is formed by n What is the condensation of water vapor?

1 - $200 n This step returns water to the atmosphere n What is evaporation or transpiration?

1 - $300 n Two physical changes that are essential process in the water cycle. n What are evaporation and condensation?

1 - $400 n The progression of evaporation, condensation and precipitation is called n What is the water cycle?

1 - $500 n Energy for the water cycle n What is the Sun?

2 - $100 n Twice a day water rises slowly and covers the land, then it ebbs back slowly. This movement is called n What is tides?

2 - $200 n Salts in the sea come from n What is the weathering and erosion of rocks?

2 - $300 n Na. Cl (Salt) n What are the 2 most abundant elements dissolved in seawater?

2 - $400 n Tropical seas have a high rate of evaporation. Because of this, the water in tropical seas will have higher n What is salt concentration?

2 - $500 n Warm water stays at the ocean surface because n What is less dense than cold?

3 - $100 n The section of a continent that lies just off the shoreline and extends beneath the ocean is called n What is the continental shelf?

3 - $200 n Looking at the deep ocean floor, what is the best description of what you would see? n What is high mountains and deep valleys?

3 - $300 n From the shoreline outward, what are the 3 features you would see in order? n What is the continental shelf, continental slope, and the abyssal plain?

3 - $400 n Along the mid-ocean ridge, new ocean floor is formed at the rate of 2. 5 cm per year. What causes the new floor to form? n What is movement of lava through cracks in the Earth’s crust? (Divergent Boundary)

3 - $500 n An earthquake on the ocean floor causes a water wave to form. n What is a tsunami?

4 - $100 n This current moves perpendicular to the shore and sometimes carries swimmers out to sea. n What is a rip current?

4 - $200 n This is the cause of most ocean currents. n What is the wind?

4 - $300 n This is the main cause of ocean tides. n What is the gravitational pull of the moon?

4 - $400 n Full moon combined with the gravitational pull of the sun and moon produce the biggest differences between high and low tides. n What is a spring tide?

4 - $500 n Winds and currents move in curved paths because of this. n What is the Coriolis Effect?

5 - $100 n n The moon phases for Neap tides. What are 1 st quarter and 3 rd quarter?

5 - $200 n A substance through which water can pass n What is permeable?

5 - $300 n Difference between a lake and a pond n Pond is smaller and shallower with plants growing on the bottom. Lake is larger and deeper.

5 - $400 n Movement of water from the surface to greater depths. As the water sinks, it carries oxygen down from the surface. n What is downdwelling?

5 - $500 n Increase in nutrients in a pond or lake. n What is eutrophication?

Final Jeopardy n G n What is a Guyot?