Ocean sediment - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

River correct answers Carry water back to ocean, gravity drives flow, transport sediment, drain to specific landscape (drainage basin) Drainage Basin correct answers All of the upstream area that drains into a given river or stream Tributaries correct answers All the smaller rivers and streams that merge with the larger river that makes it all the way to the ocean Gradient correct answers The slope of the land Discharge correct answers The volume of water carried in m3/sec Velocit...

14: Thermocline thin layer where temperature changes more rapidly with depth than it does in the layers above or below pynocline is the cline or layer where the density gradient is greatest within a body of water source of sea salts chemical weathering of rock what factors control the salinity of seawater? precipitation and evaporation what factors control the density of seawater? temp and salinity 15: beach drift Type of erosion where sediment moves in a...

EESA06 FINAL EXAM 2024 QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED AND UPDATED what are the three types of convergent plate boundaries and what do they create? 1) oceanic-oceanic : volcanic island arc 2) oceanic-continental : magmatic arc 3) continental - continental: mountain range, high plateau Tethys a dead ocean which closed during the breakup of Pangea how much do plate tectonics move per year centimeters/year where can we find mid ocean ridges shallow areas in an ocean suture...

3 major advantages of SEM over light microscope correct answers Resolution: the ability to distinguish fine detail, Magnification: can magnify objects thousands of times, and Depth of Field: much greater than a light microscope. 3-D image of surface samples. Uses an electron beam as its illumination source What length unit was mentioned frequently correct answers UM or micrometer Parts of an SEM correct answers Know it What lens is used? correct answers Objective, electromagnetic and co...

GARP Chapter 1 Question and answers already passed 2 key contributing factors of rising sea level - correct answer 1) Melting of Grounded Ice 2) Water expansion due to warming Tree Rings - correct answer These measurements can reveal climate variations in regions where trees grow and experience seasons for the past millennium. Corals - correct answer Analysis of the skeletons of these sea creatures can yield climate conditions in the ocean over millions of years Speleothems (e....

Ocean 100 Exam 3 Questions and Answers Already Passed The Coastal region - the parts of the coastal region, starting with the coast all the way to the offshore (we looked at about 6); What wave energy does to a coastal cliff over time - how? Rivers and cliff erosion? ; what about southern California sand supply? Coast: land extending inland as far as marine influence is seen (ex. SD at coast) Offshore: extends from breakers to edge of continental shelf Beach: shore and nearshore, very a...

What is a wetland? What types of areas make up wetlands? - Answer--The term "wetlands" is difficult to define and causes some controversy because of the diversity of wetlands. -Typically wetlands are in a transition zone between uplands and permanently flooded, deep-water habitat. What are the five categories of wetlands and what are the characteristics of each? - Answer-- Marine Wetlands Ocean overlying the continental shelf and shoreline environments - Estuarine Wetlands Mouths of ri...

EAPS 100 Final, Exam Review Questions and answers. VERIFIED/ Broad, flat areas of the seafloor adjacent to mid-ocean ridges are called ____________ and reflect subsidence of oceanic crust as it moves away from the mid ocean ridge, cools, and becomes more dense. Abyssal Plains What bathymetric (underwater topographic) feature is associated with subduction zones? A deep sea trench Ocean waves can be generated by all of the following processes except which one? Underwater earthquakes *...

Marine Biology – 3 Questions and Answers Already Passed The solar system formed ____ billion years ago. 5 It has been proposed that the first living organisms were: heterotrophs The first heterotrophs obtained their energy from: chemosynthetic organisms. The ocean is frequently referred to as: world ocean. A body of salt water that is more or less landlocked is called: a sea. The thickest of Earth's physical layers is the: mantle. The region of the mantle below the crust is called: the ...

SCI 225 Exam 2 How do we know what climate was like in the past? - correct answer Rocks: hundreds of millions Ice cores: hundreds of thousands Louis Aggassiz - correct answer hypothesized that glaciers were carrying rocks down, evidence gathered from people, and glaciers advance HMS Challenger - correct answer ocean dredging, fossils are found in cold and warm areas of the ocean Theory of Glaciation - correct answer Louis Aggasiz found glacial erratics and glacial striations in the E...