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Computer. JEOPARDY. Created by OKTechMasters & Sara Duncan Modified by Prof. Rodriguez. Contestants. Don’t Forget. …Always phrase your answers in the form of a question!. Hands on your buzzers, its. Computer. JEOPARDY!. Water & Ocean Structure. Atmospheric Circulation. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Created byOKTechMasters & Sara Duncan
Modified by Prof. Rodriguez
Don’t Forget...
Contestants
…Always phrase your answers in
the form of a question!
Hands on your buzzers, its...
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Water & Water & Ocean Ocean
StructureStructure
Atmospheric Atmospheric CirculationCirculation
Wave Wave Dynamics & Dynamics & Wind WavesWind Waves
Tsunami, Tsunami, Seiches & Seiches &
TidesTides
Ocean Ocean CirculationCirculation
Region where light penetrates, 100-150m.
What is…?
Water & Ocean Structure for $100
The Photic Zone
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Region below the depth to which light can penetrate.
What is…?
Water & Ocean Structure $200
Aphotic Zone
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The zone of the ocean in which temperature changes rapidly with
depth.
What is…?
Water & Ocean Structure $300
The Thermocline
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What is…?
Water & Ocean Structure $400
The zone of the ocean in which density increases rapidly
with depth.
Pycnocline
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What is…?
Water & Ocean Structure for $500
A form of energy produced by the
random vibration of atoms or molecules.
Heat
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Weather system with a low pressure area in the center, around which wind blows
counter-clockwise in the n. hemisphere and clockwise in
the s. hemisphere
What is . . . ?
Atmospheric Circulation $100
A Cyclone
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The atmospheric circulation cell coming from the west.
What is…?
Atmospheric Circulation $200
Westerlies
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An unusual rise in sea level associated with a
tropical cyclone.
What is…?
Atmospheric Circulation $300
A Storm Surge
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What is…?
Atmospheric Circulation $400The gaseous invisible
form of water.
Water Vapor
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What is…?
Atmospheric Circulation for $500
The apparent deflection of a moving object from
its initial course.
The Coriolis Effect
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The current that extends up the east coast of N. America.
What is…?
Ocean Circulation for $100
The Gulf Stream Current
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The current that starts in the Canary Islands
and heads west across the Atlantic.
What is…?
Ocean Circulation for $200
The Canary Current
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What is…?
Ocean Circulation for $300
A continent (other than N. America) that has warm ocean water on
the east and cold ocean water on the west.
Australia
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What is…?
Ocean Circulation for $400A circular movement of water usually formed where currents
pass obstructions or between two adjacent currents flowing in
opposite directions.
An Eddy
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What is…?
Ocean Circulation for $500
The zone of rising air near the equator
known for sultry air & variable breezes.
The Doldrums
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What is…?
Wave Dynamics and Wind Waves for $100
The highest part of a progressive wave above
average water level.
A Wave Crest
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What is…?
Wave Dynamics and Wind Waves for $200
Vertical distance between a wave crest
and the adjacent wave troughs.
Wave Height
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Wave Dynamics and Wind Waves for $300
Bending of waves around obstacles.
Wave Diffraction
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Wave Dynamics and Wind Waves for $400
The number of waves passing a fixed point per second.
Wave Frequency
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What is…?
Wave Dynamics and Wind Waves for $500
The region between the breaking waves and the
shore.
The Surf Zone
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What is…?
Tsunami, Seiches and Tides for $100
A long-wavelength shallow-water wave
caused by rapid displacement of water.
A Tsunami
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What is…?
Tsunami, Seiches and Tides for $200
Periodic short-term change of the height of the ocean
surface at a particular place generated by long-wavelength
progressive waves.
Tides
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What is…?
Tsunami, Seiches and Tides for $300
Caused by the sudden vertical movement of earth
along faults.
Tsunami or Seismic Sea Wave
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What is…?
Tsunami, Seiches and Tides for $400
Pendulum-like rocking of water in an
enclosed area.
A Seiche
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What is…?
Tsunami, Seiches and Tides for $500
A tidal cycle of one high tide and one low
tide per day.
A Diurnal Tide
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