MARINE SCIENCE A FINAL EXAM
What is made up of 30% skeletal remains? - answers :biogenic sediment
What's the least stable layer of the atmosphere - answers :the troposphere
What do upwellings do? - answers :they return nitrates to the surface of the ocean
Hydrodynamics - answers :study of water
How is flow shaped? - answers :by the liquid and it's environment
What does heat do to the movement of water molecules? - answers :speeds it up
When is hydrostatic pressure felt? - answers :when an organism hits the water
Why isn't the earth a closed system? - answers :because gases from the earth escape
from the higher realms of the atmosphere
What is the movement of the waves in the middle of the ocean normally like? - answers
:circular
Crest - answers :highest point of a wave
Trough - answers :lowest point of a wave
When does refraction occur? - answers :when there's a change of depth in the water
Do water molecules shrink when they're frozen? - answers :no
What is water an example of? - answers :a chemical
Why does water attract so many other kinds of molecules? - answers :because it is both
positively and negatively charged
Where does the ocean get most of its heat? - answers :the sun
What is the latitude of the location with the warmest climate? - answers :17.0743
degrees n
Where is the coldest water found? - answers :in the deepest regions of the ocean
Where do most hurricanes originate? - answers :the equatorial region
What does topography include? - answers :rivers, waterfalls, and mountain ranges
What is made up of 30% skeletal remains? - answers :biogenic sediment
What's the least stable layer of the atmosphere - answers :the troposphere
What do upwellings do? - answers :they return nitrates to the surface of the ocean
Hydrodynamics - answers :study of water
How is flow shaped? - answers :by the liquid and it's environment
What does heat do to the movement of water molecules? - answers :speeds it up
When is hydrostatic pressure felt? - answers :when an organism hits the water
Why isn't the earth a closed system? - answers :because gases from the earth escape
from the higher realms of the atmosphere
What is the movement of the waves in the middle of the ocean normally like? - answers
:circular
Crest - answers :highest point of a wave
Trough - answers :lowest point of a wave
When does refraction occur? - answers :when there's a change of depth in the water
Do water molecules shrink when they're frozen? - answers :no
What is water an example of? - answers :a chemical
Why does water attract so many other kinds of molecules? - answers :because it is both
positively and negatively charged
Where does the ocean get most of its heat? - answers :the sun
What is the latitude of the location with the warmest climate? - answers :17.0743
degrees n
Where is the coldest water found? - answers :in the deepest regions of the ocean
Where do most hurricanes originate? - answers :the equatorial region
What does topography include? - answers :rivers, waterfalls, and mountain ranges
