Chapter 24 SQ and Chapter Review

Question 1

iceberg

Answer 1

Chunks of ice that have calved from a glacier

Question 2

ice floe

Answer 2

Small pieces of ice that are flowing

Question 3

lead

Answer 3

The open water between flows

Question 4

ice shelf

Answer 4

Glaciers that flow out into the sea

Question 5

nunatak

Answer 5

Solitary mountains

Question 6

continental shelf

Answer 6

The submerged edges of the continents

Question 7

continental slope

Answer 7

The steep sides of the continents

Question 8

photic zone

Answer 8

The upper 700feet of the oceans

Question 9

ocean basin

Answer 9

What the ocean floor primarily consist of.

Question 10

abyssal plain

Answer 10

Begin at the edge of the continental shelf and continue in an extremely level and featureless plain.

Question 11

trench

Answer 11

Deep canyons that scar the ocean basins

Question 12

oceanic ridge

Answer 12

Mountain ranges

Question 13

seamount

Answer 13

Isolated volcanos under water

Question 14

deep-sea vent

Answer 14

Hot springs under water

Question 15

bathysphere

Answer 15

A ball shaped vessel

Question 16

territorial waters

Answer 16

The right of nations to excludes ships of other nation from a 3 to 6 mile zone along its borders

Question 17

high seas

Answer 17

Is open to all vessels

Question 18

exclusive economic zone

Answer 18

A region up to 200 miles offshore from a country in which that county controls fishing and mineral exploration and exploitation by any other nation

Question 19

troposphere

Answer 19

The lowest nine miles of the atmosphere.

Question 20

McMurdo Station

Answer 20

The largest settlement in Antarctica

Question 21

Roald Amundsen

Answer 21

Became the first human to reach the South Pole

Question 22

Robert Scott

Answer 22

Tried to be the first man I the South Pole but Amundsen beat him

Question 23

Richard Byrd

Answer 23

First to fly a plane over Antarctica

Question 24

Matthew Maury

Answer 24

Charted ocean currents

Question 25

Jacques Cousteau

Answer 25

Became the first man to dive beneath the ice in Antarctica

Question 26

Describe 2 major differences between E and W Antarctica

Answer 26

East has a cold desert and west has snow

Question 27

Why has the US made no claims on Antarctica?

Answer 27

Because thy made a treaty with other nations

Question 28

What long narrow peninsula extends from Antarctica?

Answer 28

Antarctic peninsula

Question 29

Terms

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Question 30

Name the three ocean layers based on the amount of light received.

Answer 30

The photic zone, the mesopelagic zone, and the bayhypelagic zone

Question 30

What are the three major features that the sea floor shares with dry land,

Answer 30

Mountains. plains. Valleys.

Question 31

In which region is he ozone layer?

Answer 31

The stratosphere.

Question 32

In which region is the ionosphere?

Answer 32

The thermosphere

Question 33

How are the four layers of the atmosphere distinguished?

Answer 33

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Question 34

Explain the significance

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Question 35

Chapter Review

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Question 37

SQ answer highlighted questions here

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