Earth Ch 13-14 Test Review

Coastal stacks are often the last remnants of __________.

Which of the following would have the least effect on subsurface currents?

Which ocean basin covers the largest percentage of the earth’s surface?

The intertidal zone is the life zone just below the lowest low tide near shore. .

Which of the following gases is more abundant in the zones near the surface than in the dark regions of the ocean?

The most abundant salt found in ocean water is __________.

Which of the following is the best explanation for tides?

Which of the following is most directly related to wave speed?

Which of the following factors does not directly affect the height of a wave?

Because clams, corals, and anemones are attached to or live on the bottom, we call them _______ organisms.

Minimizing the runoff of fertilizers into the ocean is an important part of exercising biblical dominion

Which combines the influences of the Coriolis effect, current speed & water depth to change the direction of a current?

Which of the following are produced primarily by gravity?

Seawater has a lower freezing point than fresh water does.

Mean sea level is slowly rising in most locations around the world.

In which life zone must organisms cope with the greatest variability of conditions?

How does the temp, pressure, and density of water change as you ascend from the floor of the ocean to the surface

How many tides do most coasts experience in a typical twenty-four-hour period?

Of those listed below, the most important source of fixed nitrogen for marine organisms is

The near-shore littoral and open ocean photic zones include the same depth band of the oceans.

Solar tides by themselves are much smaller than lunar tides.

Island arcs are most often associated with __________.

About what percentage of the earth’s surface is covered by oceans?

Which of the following currents are unrelated to thermohaline currents?

Organisms that live between the low tide mark at the shore and the edge of the continental shelf live in the _____ zone.

Tides can be observed in the open ocean.

Ocean navigation is most affected by which of the following?

Seawater temperature near the ocean bottom

Sound in seawater travels

Because they are inexpensive and have little environmental or economic impact, most tidal power plant projects are large

Which of the following elements is the main chemical building block of all living things.

Ocean currents can affect the climate of large areas of the world.

The vertical distance between a wave’s crest and trough is its ______

Which of the following is not an advantage of tidal power generation?

A Pacific Ocean atoll could have formed when

What usually has the greatest influence in causing tides?

One way that coastal engineers can reduce wave erosion is to build __________

minerals constantly flow into an ocean, the ocean’s salinity rises only very slowly. Where do most of the minerals go

Water that is forced down by downwelling typically has __________ than surrounding waters.

Waves generally move water great distances.