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Marine Science Exam Review Questionsand Answers
light air - Answer -Where there is a low pressure system there is what?
evaporation - Answer -During which process does water from Earth's surface enter the
atmosphere.
energy - Answer -What is released when water condenses.
counterclockwise - Answer -At the surface of a storm, the wind flow travels in which
direction in the northern hemisphere.
front - Answer -What is an area between two air masses.
dynamic soaring - Answer -Some species of seabirds make use of the wind as they
travel, often without landing o even flapping their wings. What term best describes this
process.
water cycle - Answer -What biochemical cycle is most involved int he formation of a
hurricane.
storm surge - Answer -During a hurricane, winds and differences in air pressure result in
ocean water rushing onto the land. This phenomenon is known as what?
mT - Answer -What is a properly notated air mass.
climate - Answer -Global weather conditions over a broad area over a long period of
time.
jet stream - Answer -Fast air currents in the upper troposphere that steer large storms in
the middle latitudes are called what?
pounds her square inch - Answer -The average pressure of the air on Earth at sea level
is 14.7 what?
, thermocline - Answer -Which term describes the boundary layer of water that separates
warm from cold water.
upwelling - Answer -In some areas of the ocean, cold water rises tot he surface,
carrying with it nutrients from the depths. This process is known as what?
blue - Answer -Which wavelength of visible light can penetrate to the deepest depth?
photic zone - Answer -The layer of ocean surface in which light is able to penetrate is
called the what?
bioluminescence - Answer -Organisms that live in the Deep Sea often create their own
light; this process is called.
PSU - Answer -If you were to collect salinity data at your local estuary, what unit would
you use?
pressure - Answer -What parameter typically increases as depth increases?
Global conveyor belt - Answer -The system of deep water currents that connects the
world's ocean basins is known as what?
grey - Answer -At the depth of 15 meters, a red fish would likely appear what color?
the sun - Answer -the ocean holds thermal energy which is important fro living things on
Earth. What is the primary course of energy for the Earth's system.
sea surface temperature - Answer -The temperature within the top one meter of the
ocean's surface is known as what?
buoys - Answer -Which scientific tools are used at sea to collect different types of data?
400 meters - Answer -Surface currents are moving masses of water in the top what of
the ocean?
east to west - Answer -Easterlies are wind patterns that flow from where to where?
gyre - Answer -A circulation of ocean currents within an ocean basin is best known as a
what?
current - Answer -Which term best describes large masses of water that move in a
certain direction and at a certain speed.
closed system - Answer -the Earth system is an example of what?
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