Marine Biology Exam Questions and Answers | Latest 2026 Update
Q: What is heat capacity?
Answer:
The number of heat units needed to raise the temperature of a body by one degree.
What is Salinity? The amount of dissolved salt in the water. Calcium Carbonate
compound that makes up all shells of mollusks and coccolithophores Biogeneous
sediments from the remains of living organisms Sorting process of selection and
separation of sediment grains according to thier grain size (or grain shape or specific
gravity) Wentworth Scale sorts particles by size Ex: boulders, cobbles, pebbles,
granules, sand, silt or clay Cosmogeneous sediments from asteroids and space dust
Precipitate solid that forms and settles out of a liquid mixture Continental Drift the
theory that crustal land plates are in motion (floating) and moving on the surface of
earth The oceans of the earth cover ______% of its surface. 71% What is Ferdinand
Magellan's claim to fame? First to circumnavigate the world. What is Leif Erikson's
claim to fame? Discovered Greenland and North America.
Q: What is heat capacity?
Answer:
The number of heat units needed to raise the temperature of a body by one degree.
What is Salinity? The amount of dissolved salt in the water. Calcium Carbonate
compound that makes up all shells of mollusks and coccolithophores Biogeneous
sediments from the remains of living organisms Sorting process of selection and
separation of sediment grains according to thier grain size (or grain shape or specific
gravity) Wentworth Scale sorts particles by size Ex: boulders, cobbles, pebbles,
granules, sand, silt or clay Cosmogeneous sediments from asteroids and space dust
Precipitate solid that forms and settles out of a liquid mixture Continental Drift the
theory that crustal land plates are in motion (floating) and moving on the surface of
earth The oceans of the earth cover ______% of its surface. 71% What is Ferdinand
Magellan's claim to fame? First to circumnavigate the world. What is Leif Erikson's
claim to fame? Discovered Greenland and North America.
