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Jeopardy Water Cycle Oceans & Tides

Test your knowledge on the water cycle, oceans, ocean floor, currents, and tides in this Jeopardy-style game.

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Jeopardy Water Cycle Oceans & Tides

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

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

  3. 1 - $200 • This step returns water to the atmosphere • What is evaporation or transpiration?

  4. 1 - $300 • Two physical changes that are essential process in the water cycle. • What are evaporation and condensation?

  5. 1 - $400 • The progression of evaporation, condensation and precipitation is called • What is the water cycle?

  6. 1 - $500 • Energy for the water cycle • What is the Sun?

  7. 2 - $100 • Twice a day water rises slowly and covers the land, then it ebbs back slowly. This movement is called • What is tides?

  8. 2 - $200 • Salts in the sea come from • What is the weathering and erosion of rocks?

  9. 2 - $300 • NaCl (Salt) • What are the 2 most abundant elements dissolved in seawater?

  10. 2 - $400 • Tropical seas have a high rate of evaporation. Because of this, the water in tropical seas will have higher • What is salt concentration?

  11. 2 - $500 • Warm water stays at the ocean surface because • What is less dense than cold?

  12. 3 - $100 • The section of a continent that lies just off the shoreline and extends beneath the ocean is called • What is the continental shelf?

  13. 3 - $200 • Looking at the deep ocean floor, what is the best description of what you would see? • What is high mountains and deep valleys?

  14. 3 - $300 • From the shoreline outward, what are the 3 features you would see in order? • What is the continental shelf, continental slope, and the abyssal plain?

  15. 3 - $400 • 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? • What is movement of lava through cracks in the Earth’s crust? (Divergent Boundary)

  16. 3 - $500 • An earthquake on the ocean floor causes a water wave to form. • What is a tsunami?

  17. 4 - $100 • This current moves perpendicular to the shore and sometimes carries swimmers out to sea. • What is a rip current?

  18. 4 - $200 • This is the cause of most ocean currents. • What is the wind?

  19. 4 - $300 • This is the main cause of ocean tides. • What is the gravitational pull of the moon?

  20. 4 - $400 • Full moon combined with the gravitational pull of the sun and moon produce the biggest differences between high and low tides. • What is a spring tide?

  21. 4 - $500 • Winds and currents move in curved paths because of this. • What is the Coriolis Effect?

  22. 5 - $100 • The moon phases for Neap tides. • What are 1st quarter and 3rd quarter?

  23. 5 - $200 • A substance through which water can pass • What is permeable?

  24. 5 - $300 • Difference between a lake and a pond • Pond is smaller and shallower with plants growing on the bottom. Lake is larger and deeper.

  25. 5 - $400 • Movement of water from the surface to greater depths. As the water sinks, it carries oxygen down from the surface. • What is downdwelling?

  26. 5 - $500 • Increase in nutrients in a pond or lake. • What is eutrophication?

  27. Final Jeopardy • G • What is a Guyot?

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