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SDSU Oceanography 100 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS What is the origin of the Earth? - Formed out of a solar nebula What are the origins of Life? - Archaea - the oldest origin of life on Earth What is kinetic energy? - The energy of motion What is heat energy? - Energy created by ...

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What is the origin of the Earth? - ✔✔Formed out of a solar nebula


What are the origins of Life? - ✔✔Archaea - the oldest origin of life on Earth


What is kinetic energy? - ✔✔The energy of motion


What is heat energy? - ✔✔Energy created by particles of matter rubbing together


What is density? - ✔✔A measurement of the amount of matter in a given volume of

something. (mass per unit volume)


What is convection? - ✔✔Transfer of heat through currents caused by difference in

temperature, which cause difference in density (liquids and gases).


What is bioaccumulation? - ✔✔as you go up the base of the food chain, the level of

mercury is more concentrated than the base of the food chain


How does biodegradation work? - ✔✔Nature can decompose the pollutant because it is

made by the earth itself




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, How does photo-degradation work? - ✔✔Plastic degraded by sun, meaning it gets

smaller


What is diffusion? - ✔✔going from a high concentration to a low concentration


What are the 3 plate boundaries? - ✔✔Divergent, Convergent, Transform


Where are trenches located? - ✔✔At subduction zones


What are hot spots? - ✔✔Volcanic centers resulting from hot materials produced deep

in the mantel


What is our plate boundary here in San Diego? - ✔✔Transform Boundary


Where is our plate boundary located? - ✔✔San Andreas Fault


In which direction are we moving, considering moving plates? - ✔✔Northwest


What are the 2 continental margins of Marine Provinces and where are they found? -

✔✔1. Passive Margin: within a plate, little tectonic activity, larger shelf, Atlantic-type




2. Active Margin: at a plate boundary, narrow shelf, active tectonics, Pacific-type


What are the characteristics of the water molecule? - ✔✔2 Hydrogen, 1 Oxygen


Why is water polar? - ✔✔Hydrogen is positive and oxygen is negative (opposites

attract)



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