Unit 2: Branches of marine sciences

Question 1

Science

Answer 1

Body of knowledge and an organized method used to gain knowledge about the observable universe

Question 2

Marine science

Answer 2

Process of discovering facts, processes and unifying principles that explains the nature of oceans and their associated life forms

Question 3

Oceanography = _________ _________

Answer 3

Marine Science

Question 4

Biological oceanography (AKA _______ ________)

Answer 4

Marine biology

Studies the diversity of LIFE in the ocean and the oceans role as their habitat

Question 5

Chemical oceanography

Answer 5

Studies the CHEMISTRY of seawater and the affect of chemical reactions on oceans

Question 6

Geological oceanography

Answer 6

Examines the composition of marine SEDIMENTS and ROCKS including undersea volcanoes, seabed movement, undersea earthquakes, etc.

Question 7

Physical oceanography

Answer 7

Studies water MOVEMENT (waves, currents, tides, etc.)

Question 8

Marine

Answer 8

Related to the sea or ocean (salt water)