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Marine science Q&A covering oceanography, properties, exploration, and ocean-atmosphere interactions. Useful for students, it reviews key concepts from seawater composition to currents and marine life. Topics include oceanography branches, water coverage, ocean names, physical oceanography, deepest ocean, drilling ships, oceanographic journeys, marine scientist roles, ocean energy, smallest ocean, florida explorer, southern ocean, deepest trench, and more.
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what |\branch |\of |\oceanography |\covers |\the |\chemical |\composition |\of |\seawater |\and |\the |\chemical |\reactions |\that |\occur |\in |\seawater |? |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔physical |\oceanography what |\percent |\of |\the |\surface |\of |\the |\earth |\is |\covered |\with |\water? |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔ 70 |\percent how |\many |\oceans |\cover |\the |\surface |\of |\the |\earth? |- |\CORRECT |
ANSWERS |\✔✔ 5 what |\is |\another |\name |\for |\lines |\of |\latitude? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |
✔✔parallels physical |\oceanographers |\study |\the |_______ |\of |\oceans |- |\CORRECT |
ANSWERS |\✔✔waves |\and |\tides the |\earth's |\oceans |\are |\known |\as |\the |_____ |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |
✔✔asthenosphere what |\ocean |\is |\the |\deepest |\on |\earth? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |
✔✔Atlantic
how |\many |\continents |\are |\on |\earth? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔ 3 Which |\of |\the |\following |\is |\not |\a |\sea a. |\Mediterranean b. |\Black c. |\Red d. |\Arctic |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Arctic what |\ocean |\is |\the |\second |\largest |\and |\the |\most |\heavily |\travelled? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔the |\Atlantic what |\ship |\is |\a |\well-known |\drilling |\ship? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |
✔✔Alvin what |\are |\smaller |\bodies |\of |\saltwater |\usually |\enclosed |\by |\land? |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔lakes what |\ship |\embarked |\in |\ 1872 |\on |\the |\first |\oceanographic |\journey |
by |\Wyville |\Thompson? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔HMS |\Titanic why |\is |\oceanography |\an |\important |\subject? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔-the |\oceans |\provide |\food -the |\oceans |\affect |\our |\weather -the |\oceans |\provide |\another |\means |\of |\transportation
what |\is |\ 0 |\degrees |\latitude |\called? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |
✔✔equator what |\landmass |\is |\not |\considered |\a |\continent |- |\CORRECT |
ANSWERS |\✔✔India what |\is |\the |\highest |\mountain |\on |\Earth |\that |\rises |\33,465 |\feet |\from |\the |\sea? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Mauna |\Kea what |\trench |\is |\about |\6.8 |\miles |\deep |\and |\is |\considered |\the |
deepest |\spot |\in |\the |\ocean? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Mariana |
Trench the |\ocean |\located |\in |\the |\North |\Pole |\is |\called |\the |______ |\Ocean |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Antarctic the |\body |\of |\water |\that |\touches |\the |\east |\coast |\of |\Florida |\is |\called |
the |_______ |\Ocean |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Arctic the |\body |\of |\water |\that |\touches |\the |\west |\coast |\of |\florida |\is |\called |
the |______ |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Caribbean |\Sea what |\island |\is |\about |\ 90 |\miles |\directly |\south |\of |\Key |\West, |\Florida? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Cuba what |\is |\ 0 |\degrees |\longitude |\called? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |
✔✔prime |\meridian
lines |\of |\latitude |\measure |_______ |, |\but |\run________ |\and |\lines |\of |
longitude |\measure |_____, |\but |\run |_______ |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |
✔✔north |\and |\south; |\east |\and |\west; |\east |\and |\west; |\north |\and |
south __________ |\or |\NaCl |\is |\also |\called |\table |\salt |\comes |\from |\the |\oceans |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔sodium |\tetrachloride what |\explorer |\named |"America" |\after |\America |\Vespucci? |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Martin |\Waldseemuller what |\famous |\explorer |\proposed |\the |\theory |\of |\evolution |\and |\still |
formation |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Charles |\Darwin what |\type |\of |\energy |\is |\obtained |\from |\the |\ocean's |\direct |
absorption |\of |\sunlight? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔thermal what |\is |\the |\only |\sea |\completely |\enclosed |\by |\land? |- |\CORRECT |
ANSWERS |\✔✔Dead |\Sea what |\sea |\is |\directly |\west |\of |\India |\and |\east |\of |\Saudi |\Arabia? |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Arabian what |\vessels |\are |\underwater |\research |\vehicles? |- |\CORRECT |
ANSWERS |\✔✔Alvin |\and |\Resolution
what |\latitude |\are |\the |\doldrums? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔zero |
degrees what |\current |\runs |\up |\the |\eastern |\seaboard |\of |\the |\Unites |\States? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Gulf |\Stream hot |\air |____ |\and |\cold |\air |_____ |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔rises, |
sinks in |\what |\direction |\do |\hurricanes |\spin |\on |\their |\axis? |- |\CORRECT |
ANSWERS |\✔✔counterclockwise which |\equation |\is |\used |\to |\calculate |\the |\depth |\of |\the |\ocean |\using |
SONAR? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔D= |\1/2 |\t |\X |\ 1524 hot |\water |_____ |\and |\cold |\water |______ |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |
✔✔rises, |\sinks what |\type |\of |\waves |\does |\SONAR |\use? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |
✔✔sound what |\instrument |\is |\used |\to |\sample |\sediment |\from |\the |\sea |\floor? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔corer, |\dredge, |\grab |\sampler, |\and |"sea |
clam" in |\what |\ocean |\do |\typhoons |\form? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Pacific
which |\direction |\are |\moving |\objects |\deflected |\on |\the |\surface |\of |
the |\earth |\in |\the |\northern |\hemisphere? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |
✔✔right areas |\on |\the |\earth |\where |\air |\rises, |______ |\are |\formed |- |\CORRECT |
ANSWERS |\✔✔low |\pressure |\zones what |\time |\of |\the |\year |\does |\El |\Niño |\occur? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |
✔✔Christmas |\time the |\prevailing |\winds |\are |\also |\called |\the |______ |- |\CORRECT |
ANSWERS |\✔✔westerlies which |\instrument |\is |\used |\to |\determine |\clarity |\in |\ocean |\water? |- |
CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Secchi |\Disk what |\does |\SCUBA |\stand |\for? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔self |
contained |\underwater |\breathing |\apparatus the |\instrument |\above |\is |\called |\a |_______ |( |\page |\three |\unit |\ 2 |\test) |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔plankton |\net ______ |\is |\the |\amount |\of |\dissolved |\solids |\in |\seawater |- |\CORRECT |
ANSWERS |\✔✔salinity mass |\per |\unit |\volume |\is |\also |\known |\as |_________ |- |\CORRECT |
ANSWERS |\✔✔density
what |\ion |\or |\ions |\make |\up |\85.69% |\of |\ocean |\water? |- |\CORRECT |
ANSWERS |\✔✔Na |\and |\Cl^- what |\ion |\is |\most |\abundant |\in |\ocean |\water? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Cl^- what |\direction |\do |\moving |\objects |\move |\in |\the |\Souther |
Hemisphere? |(page |\ 5 |\unite |\ 2 |\test) |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔D what |\body |\of |\water |\below |\contains |\the |\earth's |\greatest |\salinity |\at |\44%? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Dead |\Sea what |\is |\a |\large, |\circular |\current |\found |\in |\the |\northern |\hemisphere |\and |\souther |\hemisphere |\called? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔Coriolis |\force El |\Niño |\is |\characterized |\by: |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔the |\tropical |
Pacific's |\warmest |\water |\spreading |\eastward |\tp |\the |\coast |\of |\south |
America if |\a |\wind |\is |\blowing |\due |\north |\in |\the |\northern |\hemisphere, |\then |\in |\what |\direction |\will |\the |\surface |\current |\move? |- |\CORRECT |
ANSWERS |\✔✔northeast
in |\the |\southern |\hemisphere, |\warm |\water |\tends |\to |\move |\in |\what |
direction? |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔north |\and |\south what |\factor |\or |\factors |\affect |\the |\density |\of |\water? |- |\CORRECT |
ANSWERS |\✔✔salinity |\and |\temperature what |\temperature |\is |\the |\densest |\water |\in |\the |\ocean? |- |\CORRECT |
ANSWERS |\✔✔ 4 |\degrees |\Celsius 45-50 |\page |\ 6 |\unit |\ 2 |\test |(chart) |- |\CORRECT |\ANSWERS |\✔✔