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Test your knowledge of oceanography with these vocabulary terms related to shorelines, currents, ocean floor, and more. Learn about salinity, ocean features, waves, and how humans impact ocean ecosystems.
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Jeopardy Vocabulary Shoreline / Restoration Ocean Floor Oceans Currents Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Final Jeopardy
$100 Question from H1 What is salinity?
$100 Answer from H1 Amount of salt in the water .
$200 Question from H1 From where does the salt in the ocean comes from?
$200 Answer from H1 • Minerals that are washed out from the land
$300 Question from H1 True or false The ocean gets darker and colder with depth.
$300 Answer from H1 True.
$400 Question from H1 _________ increases as you go deeper into the ocean
$400 Answer from H1 Water Pressure
$500 Question from H1 What are three details that describe conditions deep in the ocean?
$500 Answer from H1 Temperature is low There is no light Water pressure is very high
$100 Question from H2 To study the ocean scientist use ___________.
$100 Answer from H2 submersibles
$200 Question from H2 The part of the ocean floor that slopes gently near the land
$200 Answer from H2 Continental Shelf
$300 Question from H2 The part of the ocean floor that slopes steeply.
$300 Answer from H2 • Continental slope
$400 Question from H2 Largest, flattest area in the ocean.
$400 Answer from H2 Abyssal plain
$500 Question from H2 What are three features found on abyssal plains?
$500 Answer from H2 Mountains, trenches, mid-ocean ridges
$100 Question from H3 • A wave carries ________, not water, across the ocean.
$100 Answer from H3 energy
$200 Question from H3 • The biggest waves are not caused by wind. They are caused by __________ and it is called a __________.
$200 Answer from H3 Earthquakes or volcanic eruption. Tsunami
$300 Question from H3 The Gulf Stream is an example of _______
$300 Answer from H3 Surface current
$400 Question from H3 A current that erodes and shape beaches. It can carry swimmers away to sea.
$400 Answer from H3 Rip currents
$500 Question from H3 _______ weather pattern in the Pacific Ocean. During this event, Australia has __________ climate and North America gets ___________.
$500 Answer from H3 El Niño, very dry climate, storms and huge mounds of rain.
$100 Question from H4 The up-and-down movement of surface water.
$100 Answer from H4 wave
$200 Question from H4 A stream of water that flows through the ocean
$200 Answer from H4 current
$300 Question from H4 An area in which ocean water collects during low tide
$300 Answer from H4 Tide Pool
$400 Question from H4 The rise and fall of the ocean level
$400 Answer from H4 Tide
$500 Question from H4 A sharp point of rock that extends from the coast.
$500 Answer from H4 Headland
$100 Question from H5 What is an estuary?
$100 Answer from H5 The area where fresh water from a river meets the salt water from the ocean..
$200 Question from H5 How do waves affect a shoreline?
$200 Answer from H5 Waves carry rock materials and sand away.
$300 Question from H5 How do people restore beaches?
$300 Answer from H5 . Putting sand back on the beaches.
$400 Question from H5 What are two problems caused by beach erosion?
$400 Answer from H5 Causes some beaches to shrink and others to get larger. Fills up channels making them too shallow for boats to pass through.
$500 Question from H5 Why is a tide pool considered a temporary feature of a beach?
