OCEAN 101 Midterm #1 Exam Questions With Correct Answers A+
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Ocean 101
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Ocean 101
OCEAN 101 Midterm #1 Exam Questions
With Correct Answers A+
In some parts of the world, rivers provide enormous quantities of sediment to the ocean. These
sediments would be considered? - Answerterrigenous
Characteristics of surface water - Answer-low density
-high temp
-high light
-low pres...
OCEAN 101 Midterm #1 Exam Questions
With Correct Answers A+
In some parts of the world, rivers provide enormous quantities of sediment to the ocean. These
sediments would be considered? - Answer✔terrigenous
Characteristics of surface water - Answer✔-low density
-high temp
-high light
-low pressure
-low nutrients
-high oxygen
characteristics of deep water - Answer✔-low temp
-high pressure
-low oxygen
-low light
-high density
-high nutrients
California would be considered a passive margin - Answer✔false
h2o has the following properties - Answer✔- hydrogen bonds
-dissolving properties
-high heat capacity
In the absence if of other sources of sediment material, such as the middle of the pacific under
low productivity surface waters, we would expect the surface layer of sediments in the deep
ocean to be dominated by __________ - Answer✔red clay
Oder the layers present in the water column from surface to deep ocean - Answer✔1. Mixed
surface layer
2. thermocline
3. deep bottom waters
4 cold and dense polar waters
where does deepwater formation occur? - Answer✔north Atlantic ocean
water masses gain their characteristics(T,S, Oxygen, nutrients, etc,) because of interactions with
the surface during their development, and the following: - Answer✔- different inputs of
freshwater
-different patterns of precipitation/evaporation
-different temp regimes at the surface
elements in the universe follow this order from most abundant to least abundant -
Answer✔hydrogen, helium, silicon, iron
the lithosphere includes all of earths crust and some of the mantle - Answer✔true
place the layers of the earth in correct order, from surface to the interior of the planet -
Answer✔lithosphere
asthenosphere
mesosphere
outer core
inner core
the earth has always had large quantities of oxygen in the atmosphere - Answer✔false
what subjects are included in oceanography - Answer✔physics, geology, biology, chemistry
if a radioactive isotope has a half-life of 1 year and we start with 1E4 grams of the isotope, then
after 2 years we would expect to have how many grams - Answer✔2,500
trawl - Answer✔sampling organisms
plankton net - Answer✔plankton
alvin - Answer✔submersible
elemental analyzer - Answer✔lab
zodiac - Answer✔research vessel
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