NJIT Phys 203 Exam 3 Questions With Correct Answers
// // // // // // // //
What //percent //of //the //Earth's //water //is //ocean? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔97%
Fathoms //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Measure //ocean //depth
Echo //sounding //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Uses //timing //of //echoes //to //determine //depth
SONAR //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Sound //Navigation //And //Ranging
Where //is //the //deepest //part //of //the //ocean? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Mariana //Trench
How /
/much //of //the //ocean //floor //has //been //mapped //in //detail? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔5%
Parts /
/of //ocean //near //continent //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Continental //slope, //shelf, //and //rise
What //is //an //ocean //basin //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Largest //flattest //surface
Seamounts //- /
/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Mountains //close //to //the //oceanic //ridge; //rocks //are //youngest
Table //Mounts //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Flat //top //mountains
Abyssal //Hills //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Closest //to //continent; //oldest //rocks
, Active /
/geological /
/activity/margin //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔West //coast //of //SA, //Continental //Trench
Passive //Margin //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Barely //any //activity
Type //of //rock //on //ocean //floor //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Biogenic //sedimentary //rock
Most //abundant //salt //in //the //ocean //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Sodium //Chloride //(NaCl)
Turbidity //Currents //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Underwater //landslide
Salinity /
/of /
/water //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔The /
/amount /
/of /
/salt //in //the //water //as //a //fraction //of //the //total //amount //of //water; //measured //by //salinometer
Amount //of //salinity //in //ocean //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔3 //1/2 //%
Brackish //water //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔kind //of //salty
Hypersaline //water //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔very //salty
Seawater //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔salt //at //average //salinity
// // // // // // // //
What //percent //of //the //Earth's //water //is //ocean? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔97%
Fathoms //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Measure //ocean //depth
Echo //sounding //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Uses //timing //of //echoes //to //determine //depth
SONAR //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Sound //Navigation //And //Ranging
Where //is //the //deepest //part //of //the //ocean? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Mariana //Trench
How /
/much //of //the //ocean //floor //has //been //mapped //in //detail? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔5%
Parts /
/of //ocean //near //continent //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Continental //slope, //shelf, //and //rise
What //is //an //ocean //basin //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Largest //flattest //surface
Seamounts //- /
/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Mountains //close //to //the //oceanic //ridge; //rocks //are //youngest
Table //Mounts //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Flat //top //mountains
Abyssal //Hills //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Closest //to //continent; //oldest //rocks
, Active /
/geological /
/activity/margin //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔West //coast //of //SA, //Continental //Trench
Passive //Margin //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Barely //any //activity
Type //of //rock //on //ocean //floor //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Biogenic //sedimentary //rock
Most //abundant //salt //in //the //ocean //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Sodium //Chloride //(NaCl)
Turbidity //Currents //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Underwater //landslide
Salinity /
/of /
/water //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔The /
/amount /
/of /
/salt //in //the //water //as //a //fraction //of //the //total //amount //of //water; //measured //by //salinometer
Amount //of //salinity //in //ocean //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔3 //1/2 //%
Brackish //water //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔kind //of //salty
Hypersaline //water //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔very //salty
Seawater //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔salt //at //average //salinity
