MICR 401 Exam1 Questions and Correct
Answers
As depth and pressure increase, the boiling point of seawater... - Answer-increases
Water temperature in the deep sea, away from hydrothermal vents, is typically... - Answer-2-4ºC
CFCs are [......] tracers of water masses. [Which word is missing?] - Answer-xenobiotic
The most abundant dissolved elements in seawater are - Answer-Na, Cl
Dissolved oxygen (O2) in the deep sea comes from... - Answer-the euphotic zone
A micronutrient that may limit phytoplankton growth in the open ocean is... - Answer-iron
Halophilic bacteria require... - Answer-sodium chloride
The mean depth of the ocean is said to be... - Answer-3711 m
, This ocean is not described as a gyre... - Answer-Southern Ocean
The term 'high latitudes' refers to... - Answer-polar regions above 60°S and 60°N
The amount of an element in the ocean divided by its rate of removal or addition refers to... - Answer-
the element's residence time in the ocean
In marine microbiology, what is DIC? - Answer-Dissolved inorganic carbon
The solubility pump moves... - Answer-inorganic carbon from the euphotic zone
The surface layer of water at almost uniform temperature and salinity is... - Answer-the mixed layer
The three major layers of an open ocean water column are... - Answer-surface, intermediate, deep
Which two factors affect the density of seawater? - Answer-Temperature and salinity
The Coriolis effect describes... - Answer-how Earth's rotation causes winds and moving objects to curve
over the surface
Who proposed the azoic theory in 1843? - Answer-Edward Forbes
The term describing the role of microbes in nutrient cycling in the ocean is... - Answer-the Microbial
Loop
The three domains of life found in the ocean are... - Answer-Archaea, Bacteria, Eucarya
Answers
As depth and pressure increase, the boiling point of seawater... - Answer-increases
Water temperature in the deep sea, away from hydrothermal vents, is typically... - Answer-2-4ºC
CFCs are [......] tracers of water masses. [Which word is missing?] - Answer-xenobiotic
The most abundant dissolved elements in seawater are - Answer-Na, Cl
Dissolved oxygen (O2) in the deep sea comes from... - Answer-the euphotic zone
A micronutrient that may limit phytoplankton growth in the open ocean is... - Answer-iron
Halophilic bacteria require... - Answer-sodium chloride
The mean depth of the ocean is said to be... - Answer-3711 m
, This ocean is not described as a gyre... - Answer-Southern Ocean
The term 'high latitudes' refers to... - Answer-polar regions above 60°S and 60°N
The amount of an element in the ocean divided by its rate of removal or addition refers to... - Answer-
the element's residence time in the ocean
In marine microbiology, what is DIC? - Answer-Dissolved inorganic carbon
The solubility pump moves... - Answer-inorganic carbon from the euphotic zone
The surface layer of water at almost uniform temperature and salinity is... - Answer-the mixed layer
The three major layers of an open ocean water column are... - Answer-surface, intermediate, deep
Which two factors affect the density of seawater? - Answer-Temperature and salinity
The Coriolis effect describes... - Answer-how Earth's rotation causes winds and moving objects to curve
over the surface
Who proposed the azoic theory in 1843? - Answer-Edward Forbes
The term describing the role of microbes in nutrient cycling in the ocean is... - Answer-the Microbial
Loop
The three domains of life found in the ocean are... - Answer-Archaea, Bacteria, Eucarya
