Intro to Oceanography

Question 1

• The story of the ocean
• Study of the ocean, its surroundings, and life within it

Answer 1

Oceanography

Question 2

Studies marine organisms’ anatomy, physiology, behavior

Answer 2

Marine Biology

Question 3

5 recognized oceans:

Answer 3

• Arctic
• Atlantic
• Pacific
• Indian
• Southern Ocean

Question 4

Deepest and second deepest trench in the world

Answer 4

Mariana Trench (11035 m), Puerto Rico Trench (8605 m)

Question 5

(Seven) Seas of the world

Answer 5

• Mediterranean Sea
• Dead Sea
• Ross Sea
• South China / West Philippine Sea
• Sea of Japan
• Caribbean Sea
• Mediterranean
• Baltic Sea
• Adriatic Sea
• Black Sea
• Red Sea
• Aegean Sea
• Marmara Sea
• North Sea

Question 6

Study of how ocean basins were formed, properties of rocks such as magnetism, occurrence of earthquakes

Answer 6

Geological Oceanography

Question 7

Age of the Ocean Basin

Answer 7

200 Million Years

Question 8

Are main source of terrigenous sediments.

Answer 8

Rivers

Question 9

Derived from preexisting rock material

Answer 9

Lithogenous

Question 10

Transported as dissolved and suspended loads in rivers, waves, longshore currents

Answer 10

Terrigenous Sediments

Question 11

Calcareous hard parts of invertebrates

Answer 11

Carbonate Sand Grains

Question 12

How and why ocean currents flow, air-sea interactions such as the generation of waves by wind.

Answer 12

Physical Oceanography

Question 13

Combination deep ocean currents and surface currents. Starts in the N Atlantic and Antarctic – deep water formations
Surfaces in the Pacific, 1000yrs or so later

Answer 13

Conveyor-belt Circulation

Question 14

Types of waves (by period):

Answer 14

• Wind waves
• Swell waves
• Tsunamis

Question 15

Composition of sea water and the processing controlling and altering its composition, including marine pollution

Answer 15

Chemical Oceanography

Question 16

Essential Macronutrients

Answer 16

• Oxygen
• Carbon
• Nitrogen
• Helium
• Phosphorous
• Sulfur
• Potassium
• Magnesium
• Calcium

Question 17

Organisms that live in the ocean and their relationship to the environment

Answer 17

Biological Oceanography

Question 18

More than ____? marine species identified, number increasing

Answer 18

250,000

Question 19

• Independent Swimmers
• Most adult fish and squid
• Marine mammals and reptiles

Answer 19

Nekton

Question 20

Adaptation to avoid predation:
- Safety in numbers
- School may appear as a large single unit
- ____? maneuvers confuse predator

Answer 20

Schooling

Question 21

Design and installation of oceanographic instrumentation and vehicles

Answer 21

Ocean Engineering

Question 22

Deals with Benthic habitat types in optically shallow water(30m or less), chlorophyll concentration, coral bleaching events, water temperature, formation of eddies, El Nino, track global warming, atmospheric ocean wing and waves, sea level heights, measure ice sheet retreat and growth

Answer 22

Satellite Oceanography

Question 24

Is an interdisciplinary science using methods of, and theories from, physics to study biological systems. It spans all scales of biological organization, from the molecular scale to whole organisms and ecosystems.

Answer 24

Biophysics

Question 25

A branch of earth science dealing with the physical processes and phenomena occurring especially in the earth and in its vicinity

Answer 25

Geophysics

Question 26

The science that uses the tools and principles of chemistry to explain the mechanisms behind major geological systems such as the Earth’s crust and its oceans.

Answer 26

Geochemistry

Question 27

The study of the chemical substances and vital processes occurring in living organisms.

Answer 27

Biochemistry