QUIZ
1. What is a wave which is extraordinarily large (twice the avergae of the top third of the surrounding waves) is known as?
2. What kind of wave can a comet crashing into the ocean cause?
3. What scale is used to measure the force of an earthquake?
4. What volcano's eruption produced the loudest sound believed to have been heard by humans?
5. In what city did an event occur which started the scientce of seismology?
6. What kind of wave is of little concern to most people other than submariners?
7. In what direction do hurricanes rotate in the northern hemisphere?
8. What causes objects moving on the Earth to veer to the right in the Northern hemisphere?
9. In what place are the winds strongest in a hurricane?
10. In the Moncton River there is sometimes found something called a tidal wave. What else is it properly called?
ANSWERS TO THE LAST QUIZ
1. What body exerts the greatest force in creating tides in the waters of the world?ANSWER: moon
2. What is the longest mountain chain on Earth?
ANSWER: mid oceanic ridge
3. What are the highest of the high tides called?
ANSWER: spring
4. What kind of tide occurs when the sun, Earth and moon form a right angle?
ANSWER: neap
5. What is the distance between 2 sequential wave crests known as?
ANSWER: wave length
6. What is the name of the scale that measures wind speed?
ANSWER: Beaufort
7. Which kind of breaking wave causes the most damage to a beach?
ANSWER: surging
8. What causes most waves to form?
ANSWER: wind
9. What term is used for the distance over which the wind blows uninterrupted?
ANSWER: fetch
10. At what phase of the moon do the highest tides occur?
ANSWER: full