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OCEAN 100 NAME: Cynthia Sims LAB 6 INVESTIGATION: OCEAN MOTION I: WAVES SECTION: Tuesday 8am PART A: WARM UP WITH SOME WAVE-BASED PROBLEMS AND CALCULATIONS 1. Label the parts of a wave. a. Wave length b. Still water level c. Crest d. Wave height e. Trough f. If you take only half of d., what would it becalled? Amplitude 2a. During an oceanographic cruise at ~30° S in the South Atlantic at water depths of ~3,200 meters, your research vessel is surrounded by consistent swell moving dir...

Test Bank for Marine Biology, 11th Edition By Peter Castro, Michael Huber. Marine Biology covers the basics of marine biology with a global approach, using examples from numerous regions and ecosyste ms worldwide. This introductory, one-semester text is designed for non-majors. Authors Castro and Huber have made a special effort to include solid basic science content needed in a general education course, including the fundamental principles of biology, the physical sciences, and the scientific m...

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Oceanography Questions and Answers Rated A+ How much of the Earth is covered in Water? 70% Where is most of the water located on Earth? Oceans What is the largest body of water on Earth? Oceans, interconnected to each other What are seas surrounded by? Smaller bodies of water surrounded by Land How is salinity in water determined/measured? The amount of dissolved solids in water, measured in g/1000 with an average of 3.3-3.6% What elements are in saltwater? Halite (sodium &...

SDSU Ocean 100 Final SacramentoGrilo Latest Version Already Passed 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 (respon...

T/F: The ocean is an important sink for excess CO2 emitted from the burning of fossil fuels. correct answer: TRUE T/F: Climate refers to the minute-to-minute or day-to-day conditions of Earth's atmosphere at a particular location and time, whereas weather refers to the conditions of a place over a long period of time. correct answer: FALSE (definitions should be switched) T/F: When the flows of incoming solar energy and outgoing solar energy are in balance, then the average temperatu...

Ocean 100 SacramentoGrilo Exam 1 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 hypothesis idea proposed to explain 1 or more facts; must be testable & potentiall...

Landforms-A - Answer-Arch Landforms-B - Answer-Beach Landforms-C - Answer-Coast Landforms-D - Answer-Dirt cone Landforms-E - Answer-Erg Landforms-F - Answer-Flat Landforms-G - Answer-Glacier Landforms-H - Answer-Hill Landforms-I - Answer-Island Landforms-J - Answer-None Landforms-K - Answer-Kettle Landforms-L - Answer-Lake Landforms-M - Answer-MarshLandforms-N - Answer-Natural arch Landforms-O - Answer-Ocean Landforms-P - Answer-Plain Landforms-Q - Answer-None Landforms-R - Answe...

origin of earth - Answer-• 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 - Answer-• volcanic explosion, H2O condensed and rained down for thousands of years to create oceans • icy comets hitting earth (responsible for 1/2 of earths ocean water) origin of life - Answer-•...

Ocean 100 SacramentoGrilo Exam 2 Questions and Answers Already Passed 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) what ki...