class quizzes

Question 0

known as the father of modern oceanography

Answer 0

James Cook

Question 1

layers of earth based on physical properties

Answer 1

inner core
outer core
mesosphere
asthenosphere
lithosphere

Question 2

he first oriented maps

Answer 2

ptolemy

Question 3

gave the world its first system of latitude and longitude

Answer 3

erastosthenes

Question 4

first full time oceanographer

Answer 4

matthew fontaine maury

Question 5

main scientist that thought of plate tectonics

Answer 5

alfred wegner

Question 6

what was the significance of the challenger expedition

Answer 6

it showed that science is profitable

Question 7

the first professor of oceanography who was also the captain of the fram

Answer 7

Fridtjof Nansen

Question 8

who made the number 4 chronometer

Answer 8

john harrison

Question 9

which waves dont travel thru liquids

Answer 9

S-Waves

Question 10

what percentage of water on earths surface is salt water

Answer 10

97.5%

Question 11

the scientifically accepted idea of how the solar system was created is known as the

Answer 11

nebular hypothesis

Question 12

oceanographic institutions

Answer 12

woods hole
scripps institute
lamont doherty

Question 13

JOIDES

Answer 13

joint oceanographic institute for deep earth sampling

Question 14

the average depth of the oceans

Answer 14

12500 ft

Question 15

a land occupies approximately what % of earth’s surface

Answer 15

30%

Question 16

the challenger deep is approximately

Answer 16

36,163 ft

Question 17

a single depth measurement is known as a

Answer 17

sounding

Question 18

what is the name of the vessel that went to the challenger deep first

Answer 18

trieste

Question 19

bathymetry asks

Answer 19

how deep is the water

Question 20

which occupies the most area of earth’s surface

Answer 20

ocean basin floors

Question 21

a landmass from somewhere else is known as an accreted or

Answer 21

exotic terrain

Question 22

the average elevation of land is

Answer 22

2800 ft

Question 23

which of the following was one of the people to go to the challenger deep

Answer 23

don walsh

Question 24

four forces that drive plate tectonics

Answer 24

convection slab pull slab suction ridge push

Question 25

6 stages of the wilson cycle

Answer 25

``` embryonic juvenile mature declining terminal suturing ```

Question 26

ways to sample sediments of sea floor

Answer 26

clam shell scoop piston core short core

Question 27

what created the strange sea floor topography off the coast of Texas

Answer 27

salt domes

Question 28

where do black smokers come from

Answer 28

mid ocean ridges

Question 29

four types of sediment based on the source of sediment

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cosmogenous terrigenous hydrogenous biogenous

Question 30

windrows are caused by

Answer 30

langmuir circulation

Question 31

what is the opposite condition of El Niño

Answer 31

La Niña

Question 32

in terms of waves, fetch refers to

Answer 32

the distance wind is in contact with the water

Question 33

the effect of ekman transport is that in general, water moves

Answer 33

90 degrees to the direction of the wind

Question 34

constructive interference causes the resulting wave to

Answer 34

be larger

Question 35

what triggers tsunamis

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1) earthquakes 2) meteor impacts 3) landslides 4) volcanic eruptions

Question 36

the word tsunami means

Answer 36

harbor wave

Question 37

a wave train moves at .... the speed of an individual wave

Answer 37

half

Question 38

the largest average wind waves occur in

Answer 38

west wind drift

Question 39

4 things that will make waves

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1) wind 2) landslides 3) earthquakes 4) earth's rotation/ gravity

Question 40

the longer the wavelength the ... the speed

Answer 40

the faster

Question 41

a wave thats much larger than other waves in the area is

Answer 41

a rogue wave

Question 42

tides are created by

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1) the sun 2) the moon 3) earths rotation

Question 43

types of tide patterns

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1) mixed 2) diurnal 3) semi-diurnal

Question 44

occur when there is a full moon or a new moon

Answer 44

spring tides

Question 45

diffraction causes

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new waves to form

Question 46

when water drains away from the coast

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a tsunami is coming

Question 47

increase beach erosion

Answer 47

groins

Question 48

beaches typically have more sand during the

Answer 48

summer

Question 49

which state has the highest percentage of critical erosion along its coastline

Answer 49

california

Question 50

types of estuaries

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1) Bar-built 2) tectonic 3) drowned river mouth 4) fjord

Question 51

the coastline along California is mostly considered

Answer 51

emergent

Question 52

features along submergent coastlines

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1) barrier islands 2) lagoons 3) bay mouth bar 4) tombolo

Question 53

3 types of deltas

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1) river dominated - -> Mississippi River 2) tide dominated - -> Colorado River 3) wave dominated - -> Nile River

Question 54

marine primary productivity is high

Answer 54

:at the equator :near coasts :where upwelling occurs

Question 55

or chemical components for life

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:carbon :oxygen :hydrogen :nitrogen

Question 56

:is a fact :is observable in nature :demonstrated in the fossil record

Answer 56

evolution

Question 57

kingdoms of the linnean system of classification

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:animalia :plantae :fungi :bacteria

Question 58

which was the most severe mass extinction

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End Permian

Question 59

3 zones based on sunlight

Answer 59

euphotic disphotic aphotic

Question 60

deepest benthic zone

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hadal zone

Question 61

the theory of evolution is known as the

Answer 61

darwin-wallace theory of evolution