Oceanography Final Review

What is the scientific study of plants, animals and other organisms that live in the oceans?

Ocean waters account for ____% of the Earth’s surface

 An atom is an ion when it:

 What is the deepest part of the ocean (located Southeast of Japan)?

 Most volcanic eruptions in the ocean occur at 

A small, rounded, submerged volcanic hill less than 1 kilometer above the sea floor is called: 

The Principle of constant proportions states that

The pH of seawater is

___is a nearly circular current system

 New lithosphere is produced in association with:

The separation of the Earth into layers was the result of the

_______is a pollutant in the lower atmosphere

Free oxygen in our atmosphere is important to the development of life on Earth b/c oxygen:

The earliest evidence of ships came from

The Challenger expedition was organized

Who led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe?

Chinese ocean expeditions in the Ming Dynasty were intended for:

What is the best description of a hydrothermal ”smoker” vent ?

The average salinity in the open ocean is

Measuring the vertical distance from the ocean surface down to the sea floor is called:

The hydrosphere is the

 _______built large ships, which had living quarters for people and animals.

Ocean crust is primarily:

The bonds that share electrons between adjacent atoms are _____ 

What separates the troposphere from the stratosphere

Earth’s primordial atmosphere most likely included

The four principle oceans of the Earth are the: 

Another name for the mixed layer is the

The super-continent existing at the beginning of the present spreading cycle was:

The largest current by volume in the oceans is the ______.

The major constituent of seawater is

The average weather over 30 years is known as ____

When ice forms from seawater, the remaining seawater will have a:

The six sided structure, which is an open figure, of water is known as____.

The scientific study of the oceans physical characteristics is called?

 The correct order of marine provinces from the coast to the mid-ocean ridge is

As a result of the Coriolis Effect in the northern hemisphere, winds are deflected

What does the Azoic theory state?:

Thermocline circulation is driven by

The continental ______ connects the base of the continental slopes with the deep ocean floor.

Old lithosphere is destroyed in association with

 When the molecular structure behaves as if it has a positive and negative side it is:

A high salinity is found where there is

The Earth was formed ____ years ago.

Passive continental margins are characterized by all of the following except

Who is the person credited with the theory of evolution?

 The Coriolis Effect causes a complex ___-celled atmospheric circulation pattern.

 The Mid-Atlantic ridge is an example of a:

_____is the mass of a substance per unit volume

Earth’s ocean and atmosphere gradually formed from ____ activity