Exam 2 Flashcards

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U.S.S Atlantis (1931)

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First research ship built specifically for ocean studies.

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Meteor Expedition (1925)

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First use of an echo sounder

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HMS Challenger (1951)

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Discovered the deepest part of the oceans deepest trenches.

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Glomar Challenger (1968)

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First deep sea drilling vessel

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NOAA

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  • largest federal agency concerned with marine environment

- 2014 budget: $5.4 billion

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The Big Bang Theory

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A tremendous burst or energy and matter about 13.7 billion years ago.

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What two pieces of evidence support Big Bang?

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  1. Nearly all galaxies are rushing away from each other.
    - the farther away a galaxy is, the faster it is moving away.
  2. There is uniform background radiation throughout the universe that appears to be the left over heat from the Big Bang.

**the universe began long before Earth existed. **

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What is our galaxy called?

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The Milky Way

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How galaxies are in the universe?

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100 billion

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What is a galaxy?

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Rotating clusters of stars, dust, gas, and debris held together by gravity.

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What is our neighboring galaxy?

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Andromeda

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Solar systems form by what?

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Accretion

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Where did the ingredients for Sun and planets come from?

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  • chemical reactions (deaths) of ancient stars = supernova

- energy, atoms released into space to form solar nebulae

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What is accretion?

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The process of smaller particles in the spinning nebular cloud clumping together to form larger objects.

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How did earth form?

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It formed as part of the accretion process during the condensation of the solar nebula.

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How did earth become density stratified?

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  • as heat built up, earth began to melt
  • melting caused the heavy iron & nickel to sink to the center, forming the core.
  • more heat was released
  • lighter materials (silicon, magnesium, aluminum) moved toward the surface forming the early crust.
  • ** 1st surface 4.6 bya
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How was the early atmosphere created?

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Out gassing!

  • no oxygen then
  • methane, ammonia, and high amounts of carbon dioxide
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Where did our water come from?

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  • out gassing
  • icy comets
  • oceans in place 4 bya
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How long is a year? What is a solar year?

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  • 365 days

- time it takes for earth to complete one orbit around the sun

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Closest to sun in early January:

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Perihelion

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Furthest from sun in early July:

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Apihelion

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Why do we have seasons?

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  • the earths tilt. 23.5 degree tilt
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How long does it take the moon to orbit earth?

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28 days. (1 month) lunar month

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Lunar day:

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24 hrs, 50 minutes.

It’s longer because the moon orbits the earth in the same direction that the earth rotates on it’s own tilted axis.

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What are the 4 principle oceans?
- Pacific - Atlantic - Indian - Arctic Plus... - Southern or Antarctic Ocean
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What is a sea?
A division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
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What is a gulf?
An arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land - larger than a bay
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What is a strait?
A narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water
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What is a bay?
An indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
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What is a sound?
A large sea or ocean inlet larger than a bay, deeper than a bight, wider than a fjord.
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What is a river?
A natural watercourse, usually FRESHWATER, flowing toward an ocean, lake, sea, or another river.
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What is a peninsula?
A geographical formation consisting of an extension of land from a larger body, surrounded by water on three sides.
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What is a cape?
A headland that dramatically affects ocean currents.
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The seafood can be divided into three distinct provinces:
1. Continental margins 2. Deep ocean basins 3. Mid-oceanic ridges
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What are continental margins?
Shelf + break + slope + rise - the submerged edges of the continents - covered by sediments eroded from the land.
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Continental shelves are?
The shallow submerged edge of the continent.
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Shelf breaks:
The abrupt transition from continental shelf to continental slope
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What are continental slopes?
The transition between the continental shelf and deep-ocean floor.
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What are continental rises?
Thick accumulations of sediment found at the base of the continental slope.
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Passive vs. Active continental margins:
Passive: - little or no seismic, volcanic activity - smooth transition from continental crust to oceanic crust - generally wide Active: - volcanic activity - little or no shelf - steep slope - trench, no rise
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What are submarine canyons?
Common features of continental shelves and slopes. - turbidity currents (underwater landslides or avalanches) flow down submarine canyons. - debris settles out, forms submarine fan at the base of the canyon.
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What is the deep ocean province?
It's between the continental margins and the mid-ocean ridge
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What are abyssal plains?
Broad, flat area of sediment-covered ocean floor.
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What are abyssal hills?
Most are small, extinct volcanoes. | - less than 1000 meters in height.
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What are seamounts?
Volcanoes that rise up from the sea floor but DO NOT STICK UP ABOVE SEA LEVEL
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What are guyots?
Flat topped seamounts - once above the surface - eroded flat by wave action and then sank further down.
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What are oceanic trenches and how are they formed?
- deepest parts of the sea floor | - formed by subduction (one plate divides beneath another)
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What are volcanic island arcs?
- curve-shaped group of islands | - often associated with deep ocean trenches.
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Midoceanic ridge province:
- continuous submarine mountain range. - covers 1/3 of the ocean floor - extends 60,000 km around the Earth
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What is the lithosphere?
Zone where crust fused with upper mantle - strong, rigid - makes up tectonic plates - thicker in continental regions
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What is the asthenosphere?
Beneath the lithosphere. - weaker, deformable - partially melted, like hot asphalt
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What is the mesosphere?
Beneath asthenosphere. | - boundary of mantle and core
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What is the order from less deep to more deep of the mantle layers?
Lithosphere Asthenosphere Mesosphere
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What is waxing?
New moon to full moon
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What is waning?
Full moon to new moon
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What is the order of bodies of water from big to small?
Ocean - sea - gulf - bay
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What is the average depths of our oceans?
4,000 meters | 13,000 feet
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Passive (. ) margins.
Atlantic
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Active( ) margins
Pacific
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The layers of the earth (blank) in temperature, density, and pressure from inside to outside.
Decrease
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What are the two types of crust?
Continental crust: granitic rock | Oceanic crust: basaltic rock
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Which is more dense, oceanic or continental?
Oceanic crust. Basaltic rock.
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Name all the layers of the earth from outside to inside.
``` - Crust: Continental Oceanic - Mantle: Lithosphere Asthenosphere Mesosphere - Outer core - Inner core ```
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What are the earths layers based on?
Temperature and density