3rd Quarter Exam Flashcards

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1
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Irregular current caused by breakers pulling water back into deeper water

A

Undertow

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2
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Caused curved paths of current and wind patterns

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Coriolis effect

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3
Q

Smallest ocean

A

Arctic Ocean

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4
Q

Causes an atoll to change to a guyot

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Wave erosion

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5
Q

Large body of water that may be surrounded by land

A

Sea

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6
Q

Voyage marked beginning of oceanography

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HMS challenger

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7
Q

Elements that exists in very small amounts

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Trace elements

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8
Q

Factors that effect density

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Salinity and temperature

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9
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Water in the ocean moving in giant streams

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Currents

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10
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Type of telescope in which initial image is formed by a concave mirror

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Reflecting

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11
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Form when breakers return to the ocean by cutting channel Through sandbars

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Rift current

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12
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Makes up 97.5% of ocean water

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Fresh water

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13
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The factor that along with precipitation will affect salinity

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Evaporation

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14
Q

Vast calm warm area of Atlantic Ocean

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Sargasso Sea

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15
Q

Small bodies that orbit planets

A

Moons

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16
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System for measuring time by dividing it into days, weeks, months

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Calendar

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17
Q

Deepest and largest ocean

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Pacific

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18
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Major factor affecting deep currents

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Density

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19
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Form sandbars

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Longshore currents

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20
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Salt made of sodium and chloride ions

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Halite

21
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Part of ocean floor made of crust and thin layer of sediment

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Deep ocean basin

22
Q

Flattest region on earth

A

Abssyal plain

23
Q

Located between Mars and Jupiter

A

Asteroid belt

24
Q

Deepest place on earth’s crust

A

Trough

25
Q

Objects that circle stars other than our sun

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Oxo planets

26
Q

Deep valley of continental shelf or slope

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Submarine canyon

27
Q

Distance wind blows across an area of Sea to generate waves

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Fetch

28
Q

Major factor affecting surface currents

A

Winds

29
Q

Used to measure depth of ocean floor

A

Sonar

30
Q

Region of solar system located beyond Neptune; contains icy bodies

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Kuiper belt

31
Q

Earth’s second largest ocean is

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Atlantic Ocean

32
Q

What ocean surrounds the Antartica

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Southern ocean

33
Q

Part of the continent that is covered by water

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Continental shelf

34
Q

What is the ratio of the mass of a substance to the volume of a substance

A

Density

35
Q

What will increase as ocean water becomes colder

A

Denser

36
Q

What determines the size of a wave

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Wind speed, length of time wind blows in one direction, and fetch

37
Q

What forms when waves topple over

A

Breaker

38
Q

What is described as a periodic up and down movement of water

A

Wave

39
Q

Periodic rise and fall of the level of ocean water are known as what

A

Tides

40
Q

Difference in the levels of ocean water at high tide and low tide is known as what

A

Tidal range

41
Q

The movement of water toward and away from the coast is what

A

Tidal current

42
Q

The flow of tidal current toward the coast is known as

A

Flood tide

43
Q

What causes tides

A

A long fetch

44
Q

The Marian trench is best known for its

A

Depth

45
Q

forms when winds blow off the crest of a wave

A

White caps

46
Q

tide that occurs during the full moon and new moon

A

Spring tide

47
Q

The title current that flows toward the ocean is called what

A

Ebtide

48
Q

Highest point of the wave

A

Crest