Oceanography

This ocean is characterized by a broad shelf system, few seamounts, and a smooth abyssal plain.

The ocean is generally blue because:

Resultant, gravitational, and centripetal are all forces that cause:

The boiling point of saltwater is higher than the boiling point of freshwater.

This ocean is characterized by a massive abyssal fan and shallow abyssal plain.

This part of the earth is 3-5 miles thick in the ocean & up 25 miles thick on the continents.

I study ocean plants, animals, and all other sea life.

I traveled in the first bathyscape to reach the bottom of the Mariana's Trench at 35,800 feet:

I study icebergs, oil spills, currents, and their power, beaches, and shorelines.

This boundary is responsible for the mid-ocean ridge.

These waves only transmit through fluids.

This civilization made the first trade routes:

These waves are best for board surfers (curling wave crest):

Why do we have seasons?

This is known as the top part of the wave.

The science of recording and describing the ocean's contents and processes is known as:

This part of the earth is liquid with thermal plumes that instigate volcanic activity.

The ocean is large and constantly in motion and it is impossible to harm.

A warming of the ocean surface in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean is known as:

These waves have energy that continues for a looooong time:

This is known as the bottom part of the wave.

All of the following are causes of currents except:

Estuaries are important. Reasons for their significance to the ocean as a whole include:

Typical ocean salinity is:

This element is abundant at the surface and is used up by plants and bacteria:

This boundary is responsible for trenches.

Rainfall and river influx will all _____________ salinity levels.

This sediment is made of eroded rock from land.

A moving object will deflect to the right in the north and left in the south due to the:

This ocean is the smallest:

Low pressure cell + winds feeding water vapor + air rising + pressure decreasing =

I am a steep slope of the ocean bottom extending from the continent shelf.

Chemosynthesis is a process can occur without sunlight.

Cooler than normal seawater + strong trade winds + strong upwelling on the east Pacfic

This ocean is almost completely surrounded by narrow shelves and deep trenches.

How many oceans are there on earth?

This part of the earth is solid and has a temperature nearly the same as the sun.

A horseshoe crab is an example of:

Humans have negatively impacted the ocean.

I improved SCUBA to its current state with the aqualung.

This ocean is the largest:

This sediment is made of iron of nickel from space dust.

An adaptation for animals living on a sandy beach include:

Wind, changes in sea level, variations in water density all cause:

Vertical movement of cold, nutrient-rich water to surface; High biological productivity.

This sediment is made of calcerous ooze (shells, coral) and siliceous ooze.

This boundary is found along the coast of California (known as the San Andres Fault).

A bull shark is an example of:

This civilization made the first sailboats:

I am known as the “The Father of Oceanography”.

Most of the primary production on earth is made from:

I am a gentle slope of the ocean bottom extending from the continent.

The freezing point of saltwater is higher than the freezing point of freshwater.

I am a seamount with a flat top.

Cyanobacteria is an example of:

Tsunamis are caused by all of the following except:

Low latitudes get the most direct summer during:

I found the Gulf Stream by looking at mail routes between England and America.