Chapter 8 Test

Question 1

Water vapor changing into water to form clouds

Answer 1

condensation

Question 2

A stream of water going like a river through the ocean

Answer 2

current

Question 3

The cause of most waves and surface currents

Answer 3

wind

Question 4

Any moisture that falls from the air and reaches the group

Answer 4

precipitation

Question 5

Water changing into a gas or water vapor

Answer 5

evaporation

Question 6

The movement of water from earth to the air and back to earth

Answer 6

water cycle

Question 7

A tide is caused by the way ________ varies depending not eh distance of the earth from the sun and moon

Answer 7

gravity

Question 8

A ___________ is the up-and-down movement on the surface of the water

Answer 8

wave

Question 9

The rise and fall of the water level of the ocean

Answer 9

tide

Question 10

Tiny plants and animals that live and move through the ocean

Answer 10

plankton

Question 11

The usual weather of an area over a long period of time

Answer 11

climate

Question 12

Almost 3/4 of the earth is covered by _________

Answer 12

water

Question 13

Water can either be salt water or ______ water

Answer 13

fresh

Question 14

Fresh water carries nutrients and ______ to the ocean

Answer 14

minerals

Question 15

Surface currents are caused by ______ changes

Answer 15

temperature

Question 16

The smallest and shallowest ocean is _______ Ocean

Answer 16

Arctic

Question 17

Most waves are caused by ______

Answer 17

wind

Question 18

Tides happen in different places because the earth rotates as the __________ pulls on it

Answer 18

moon

Question 19

Many bodies of waters have two high tides and ______ low tides each day

Answer 19

three

Question 20

Temperature changes and the amount of salt in the water control the __________

Answer 20

deep ocean currents

Question 21

The four main oceans

Answer 21

Arctic
Atlantic
Indian
Pacific

Question 22

Both the ocean flor and earth’s surface have these

Answer 22

mountains, valleys, and plains

Question 23

The Pacific Ocean is the ___________ ocean

Answer 23

largest and deepest

Question 24

ESSAY

Describe what we know from the Bible about the origin of sea creatures

Answer 24

God created them on the fifth day. Each sea creature has what it needs in its environment.

Question 25

ESSAY

Name two ways that wind determines the size of waves

Answer 25

The wind’s speed and how long the wind blows determines the size of the wave.