Jeopardy

1
Jeopardy
Ocean Water
Food Chain
Tides
Waves
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
2
100 Question
Total amount of dissolved salts
3
100 Answer
salinity
4
200 Question
How tightly packed the water particles are
5
200 Answer
density
6
300 Question
Measures how hot or cold something is
7
300 Answer
temperature
8
400 Question
True or False Salt water is more dense than f
resh water
9
400 Answer
True
10
500 Question
Higher or lower salinity in areas where rivers e
mpty
into oceans
11
500 Answer
Lower salinity
12
100 Question
these plantlike organisms produce oxygen for oce
an life and make their own food through the pr
ocess of
photosynthesis
13
100 Answer
phytoplankton
14
200 Question
Some of the young ocean creatures
15
200 Answer
zooplankton
16
300 Question
All creatures that swim
17
300 Answer
nekton
18
400 Question
Plants and animals that live on the ocean floor

and do not swim
19
400 Answer
Benthos
20
500 Question
All ocean food chains start with them
21
500 Answer
Phytoplankton
22
100 Question
The top of a wave
23
100 Answer
crest
24
200 Question
The distance from crest to crest
25
200 Answer
wavelength
26
300 Question
Forms when strong winds push water off the tops
of waves
27
300 Answer
whitecaps
28
400 Question
The bottom of a wave
29
400 Answer
trough
30
500 Question
Ocean waves that cause tremendous
damage
Causes by an underwater earthquake
31
500 Answer
tsunamis
32
100 Question
Caused by heat from the sun Earths rotation Win
d
Continental land
33
100 Answer
currents
34
200 Question
Caused by differences in density
35
200 Answer
Deep water currents
36
300 Question
Move slower than surface currents
37
300 Answer
Deep water currents
38
400 Question
Primarily caused by the force of the winds blowi
ng
on the water
39
400 Answer
Surface currents
40
500 Question
The current that affects our weather
41
500 Answer
Gulf Stream
42
100 Question
The name of the heavenly body most responsible
for the tides
43
100 Answer
moon
44
200 Question
The point at which water is at the highest level
45
200 Answer
High tide
46
300 Question
The rising and falling of the ocean waters
47
300 Answer
tides
48
400 Question
The number of high and low tides most areas ex
perience in a day
49
400 Answer
2
50
500 Question
Happens when the sun, moon, and Earth are in a s
traight line
51
500 Answer
Spring tide
52
Final Jeopardy
A chain of mountains under the sea
53
Final Jeopardy Answer
Mid-ocean ridge