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Ocean 100 Sacramentogrilo Exam 1 Questions With Complete Solutions science study of the physical, natural world through observations & experiments scientific method principles & empirical processes of discovery & demonstration considered characteristic of/ necessary for scientific investigation what are the steps of the scientific method? (1) observation (2) hypothesis (3) testing/experimenting (4) theory

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Ocean 101 Exam 2 Questions With Complete Solutions Water of a lower density usually lies below water of a greater density. False Usually temperature, salinity, and pressure distributions cause ocean water density to increase with depth. True A water mass at depth in the ocean has temperatures and salinities which are usually determined by the conditions that were present when the water mass was last at the sea surface. True

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SDSU Ocean 100 Final SacramentoGrilo Questions With Complete Solutions origin of earth • Supernova: death of a star (great explosion) • Supernova happened 4.6 bya, dust and gas flattens to a disk and spins faster due to gravity and solar nebula formed. • Solar Nebula: describes formation of Earth 4.5 bya • Nebula: gas cloud origin of oceans • volcanic explosion, H2O condensed and rained down for thousands of years to create oceans • icy comets hitting earth (responsible ...

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Sdsu Oceanography 100 Final Questions With Complete Solutions What is the origin of the Earth? Formed out of a solar nebula What are the origins of Life? Archaea - the oldest origin of life on Earth What is kinetic energy? The energy of motion What is heat energy? Energy created by particles of matter rubbing together What is density? A measurement of the amount of matter in a given volume of something. (mass per unit volume)

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SDSU Oceans 100 Practical 1 Questions With Complete Solutions Latitude Distance north or south of the equator Longitude Distance east or west of the prime meridian, measured in degrees Prime Meridian 0 degrees longitude England International Date Line the imaginary line that separates two consecutive calendar days sits on 180 degrees longitude

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Oceanography 100 - Karen Baker - Exam 1 Questions With Complete Solutions 1. The most average height of the continents above sea level is greater than the average depth of the ocean. False 2. Most of the water on earth is contained... Within the earth's core 3. "My car will not start". The preceding statement can best be described as: An Observation. 4. Where are we anyway (Costa Mesa) compared to the prime meridian? Top Left

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Oceanography 100 Exam 2 Questions With Complete Solutions 35ppt (3.5%) The average salinity of the world's oceans is: 80% The percentage of ocean water contained in the "deep zone" beneath the pycnolcine? Density The ocean is stratified with respect to: The deep and bottom waters Most of the world oceans have stable and uniform temperatures which are found in the: The Atmosphere The main carrier of heat between the warm tropics and the polar region is:

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Oceanography 100 Final Exam Questions With Complete Solutions How does heat affect density? Hot water expands Which layer composes the plates? Lithosphere In which tectonic setting(s) do trenches form? Convergent, ocean-ocean, ocean-cont. What characteristic or process drives plate motions? Sea Floor Spreading In what direction is the Pacific Plate moving relative to the North American plate? * North West

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Oceans 100 Exam 1 SDSU Questions With Complete Solutions SCIENCE supports the explanation of the natural world that best explains all available observations (What is the basis of science? NEEDS EVIDENCE) SCIENTIFIC METHOD The process by which scientists take data from natural world and try to answer questions. HYPOTHESIS A tentative, testable statement about the general phenomena observed OR an initial idea of how, or why things happen in nature. SCIENTIFIC THEORY Structure of ideas ...

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Ocean 100 Lab Practical 1 Questions With Complete Solutions latitude north south position -equator is 0 -poles are 90 N and S longitude east west position Pacific plate Which tectonic plate is San Diego located on? San Andreas fault; Transform nearest plate boundary to San Diego

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Oceans 100 Sdsu Lab Practical 1 Questions With Complete Solutions What happens in a Mercator map projection (in regards to latitude and longitude)? Places at higher and lower latitudes are exaggerated and look as if they are bigger than they really are Seasonal variations in sunlight why does this happen? Summer and Winter Solstices differences in each hemisphere. Earth tilts on its axis (consistently 23.5), causing the Northern / Southern hemispheres trade places throughout the year i...

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Ocean 100 Lab Practical #2 Questions With Complete Solutions period (T) is the time necessary for two adjacent crests/troughs to pass a specific location and its typical units are m/s frequency (F) is the inverse of period (1/T) and its units are Hertz (Hz or periods during one second) wavelength (L) is the horizontal distance between two adjacent crests/troughs refraction occurs when one segment of an intermediate or shallow water wave encounters the shallower depths than other segm...

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Ocean 100 Final SDSU Questions With Complete Solutions How Old are the oceans 4 billion years How were atmospheres and oceans formed outgassing and icy commets what is outgassing when volcanoes erupt and water vapor is condensed and turned into clouds and rain What are the internal Layers of earth lithosphere asthenosphere mesosphere outer core inner core

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Ocean 100 Final - SDSU Questions With Complete Solutions Euphotic zone first 200 meters -where photosynthesis can take place -suns radiation can be absorbed Seed Plants -true plants -not very abundant -grasses, eelgrass and surfgrass -mangroves -like warm, muddy waters -have a root system

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Ocean Exam #1 Questions With Complete Solutions What is Oceanography? What are the 4 subdisciplines? Oceanography: study of water of the oceans, the life in it & the Earth beneath it. 4 Subdisciplines: 1. Geological: seafloor/tectonic & coastal processes, sediments, hydrological cycles. 2: Chemical: dissolved components/ stratification/ density/ chemical tracers/ temperature dependence. 3. Biological: Fisheries/ ecological/ surveys/ microbiology Marine Adaptation 4: Physical: curre...

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OCEAN100 - EXAM 3 SacramentoGrilo Questions With Complete Solutions What do you think the coast is? the land of the continent adjacent to the beach coastline edge of the coastal cliffs wave-cut platforms flat eroded bedrock at the beach (due to ocean wave enegy) What made wave-cut platforms flat? erosion What is a possible cause of wave-cut platforms? uplift by plate tectonics, which could cause it to become a terrace of the coast coast land extension inland as far as marine influence i...

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Ocean 100 Sacramentogrilo Final Exam Questions With Complete Solutions biological productivity synthesis of organic materials from inorganic substances by photosynthesis/chemosynthesis what are the inputs & outputs of photosynthesis? inputs: water, carbon dioxide, & sun energy outputs: sugar & oxygen (6H2O + 6CO2 + sunlight - > C6H12O6 + 6O2) what are the different types of light penetration in the oceans? 1. red/orange = turned into heat energy b/c they cannot reach all the way d...

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Ocean 100 Sacramentogrilo Exam 3 Questions With Complete Solutions what are the parts of the coastal region? 1. coast 2. offshore 3. beach 4. berm 5. wave-cut platform 6. notch coast land extending inland as far as marine influence is seen offshore extends from breakers to edge of continental shelf beach shore + nearshore (area between coast & shore); very active

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Ocean 100 Sacramentogrilo Exam 2 Questions With Complete Solutions what makes up the water molecule? 1. 2 hydrogen (+) atoms, attracts (-) atoms 2. 1 oxygen (-) atoms, attracts (+) atoms what is the bond angle of the water molecule? 105° what's so peculiar about this molecule? it's one of the few molecules on earth present in 3 different ways: liquid, solid, & gas what kind of bonds are in the water molecule? covalent bonds (sharing electrons between O & H atoms)

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Ocean 100 Sacramentogrilo Exam 1 Questions With Complete Solutions science study of the physical, natural world through observations & experiments scientific method principles & empirical processes of discovery & demonstration considered characteristic of/ necessary for scientific investigation what are the steps of the scientific method? (1) observation (2) hypothesis (3) testing/experimenting (4) theory

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