INTRO TO MARINE SCIENCE
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE TESTED
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
●● Theme 2 of MS
Answer: Not only is MS interdisciplinary, it also connects to social
sciences or humanities.
●● theme 3 of MS
Answer: the oceans are an integral part of the entire earth system
●● sun provides energy for
Answer: Circulation
- atmospheric winds
- ocean currents
●● waters high specific heat
Answer: - moderates seasonal changes relative to land
- causes the oceans to absorb large amounts of heat (they have a huge
heat capacity), moderating Earth's climate
- Land in the N. Hemisphere has a
wider temperature range because
,there is less ocean to absorb heat
●● heat budget
Answer: balance between incoming short-wave solar radiation
(insolation) and outgoing long-wave terrestrial radiation
●● heat budget varies by
Answer: latitude
-> to maintain global balance heat must be transferred from the tropics
to pulls (moved by circulation of water/air currents/wind)
●● convection
Answer: Transmission of heat by the movement of a heated gas or liquid
... density differences result in circulation cells (mantle drive)
●● Atmospheric Convection Cells
Answer: When air is heated at one location and cools at another
●● Coriolis Effect
Answer: Moving fluids deflect to the right in the Northern Hemisphere
and the left in the southern hemisphere (worse in poles)
●● Result of Coriolis effect in atmosphere
, Answer: circulation cells in 30 degrees bands of latitude
●● Atmospheric cells correspond to..
Answer: - global biome distributions
- global salinity
●● monsoon effect
Answer: what effect causes wet and dry seasons through a seasonal
change in wind direction
●● local wind paterns
Answer: - Land heats faster during daytime, air is warmed and rises over
land, leads to an onshore breeze of cooler air to replace it
- Land cools faster at night, and the circulation reverses, leading to an
offshore breeze
●● how do hurricanes form
Answer: warm tropical waters-->Warm air rises and spirals due to
Coriolis, creating a low pressure system-->The air cools as it rises,
leading to condensation and precipitation
●● if water in a hurricane stays warm
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE TESTED
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
●● Theme 2 of MS
Answer: Not only is MS interdisciplinary, it also connects to social
sciences or humanities.
●● theme 3 of MS
Answer: the oceans are an integral part of the entire earth system
●● sun provides energy for
Answer: Circulation
- atmospheric winds
- ocean currents
●● waters high specific heat
Answer: - moderates seasonal changes relative to land
- causes the oceans to absorb large amounts of heat (they have a huge
heat capacity), moderating Earth's climate
- Land in the N. Hemisphere has a
wider temperature range because
,there is less ocean to absorb heat
●● heat budget
Answer: balance between incoming short-wave solar radiation
(insolation) and outgoing long-wave terrestrial radiation
●● heat budget varies by
Answer: latitude
-> to maintain global balance heat must be transferred from the tropics
to pulls (moved by circulation of water/air currents/wind)
●● convection
Answer: Transmission of heat by the movement of a heated gas or liquid
... density differences result in circulation cells (mantle drive)
●● Atmospheric Convection Cells
Answer: When air is heated at one location and cools at another
●● Coriolis Effect
Answer: Moving fluids deflect to the right in the Northern Hemisphere
and the left in the southern hemisphere (worse in poles)
●● Result of Coriolis effect in atmosphere
, Answer: circulation cells in 30 degrees bands of latitude
●● Atmospheric cells correspond to..
Answer: - global biome distributions
- global salinity
●● monsoon effect
Answer: what effect causes wet and dry seasons through a seasonal
change in wind direction
●● local wind paterns
Answer: - Land heats faster during daytime, air is warmed and rises over
land, leads to an onshore breeze of cooler air to replace it
- Land cools faster at night, and the circulation reverses, leading to an
offshore breeze
●● how do hurricanes form
Answer: warm tropical waters-->Warm air rises and spirals due to
Coriolis, creating a low pressure system-->The air cools as it rises,
leading to condensation and precipitation
●● if water in a hurricane stays warm
