Aice Marine Exam Review PASSED Actual Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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Aice Marine
Aice Marine Exam Review PASSED Actual
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
the gravitational effects of the sun,moon, and earth and the rotation of the Earth - CORRECT
ANSWER- How are tides caused
the difference in height between the lowest low tide and the highest high tide - CORRECT
ANSWER- ...
Aice Marine Exam Review PASSED Actual
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
the gravitational effects of the sun,moon, and earth and the rotation of the Earth - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔How are tides caused
the difference in height between the lowest low tide and the highest high tide - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔what is a tidal range
the regular rise and fall of sea level - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔what are tides
12 hours and 25 min - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔one high tide to the next successive high
tide
6 hours and 13 min - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔one high tide to successive low tide
24 hours and 50 min - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔lunar day
highest low tide and lowest high tide- 3rd and 1st quarter- 180 degree angle - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔neap
highest high tide and lowest low tide- full and new moon- 90 degree angle - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔spring
a continuous movement of sea water in one direction - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔ocean
current
winds, rivers, upwelling - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔factors that are involved in the
formation of surface ocean currents
temp and salinity - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔factors that are involved in the formation of
deep sea currents/ density
, Alignment of the Earth, sun and moon; Geo-morphology (shape of the coast); wind; air
pressure; and the size of the body of water - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔factors that affect
tidal range
a sequence of events that occurs in the southern Pacific ocean - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔El
nino
the process that occurs when wind blows across the ocean surface, pushing water away. The
deeper colder water then rises up from beneath the surface to replace the water that was
pushed away. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔upwelling
normal- winds blow east to west El nino- winds weaken or reverse normal- upwelling El
nino- no upwelling (no fish) - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔difference between normal
conditions and El nino conditions
surface ocean currents are generally driven by the wind and characteristically have a
clockwise spiral in the northern in the northern hemisphere and a counter-clockwise spiral in
the southern hemisphere - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Wind
a large, low pressure centre and many thunderstorms with strong winds and heavy rain -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔features of a cyclone
must be over warm sea water (temp of at least 26.5 degrees Celsius) and must be in a low
pressure area where evaporation of water occurs. As the water vapor rises, it condenses and
releases large amounts of heat energy, this heat energy further inc. evaporation, driving the
dev. of the cyclone. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔conditions necessary for the formation of a
tropical cyclone
1. high winds cause structural damage to property and homes 2. damage to
trees/defoliation/habitat 3.death and disease - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔three possible
effects of cyclones on coastal communites
rain to dry areas - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔beneficial effect that may occur when a cyclone
reaches land
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