Honors Marine Science Midterm Review

What happens during the process of sea floor spreading

The temperature of the ocean controls what?

Zones of geological activity are known as ________

The layers of the earth consist of granite, crust, and mantle

Evenly spaced waves with smoothly rounded crests and troughs are called

The troposphere is the atmospheric layer of the earth where what happens?

Under what circumstance do gas-filled structures in organisms collapse and shrink limiting their depth?

The theory of evolution was the result of observations during

The shelf break is __________

Northeast in the Northern Hemisphere and southeast in the Southern Hemisphere is the direction of what?

Increased hurricanes in the Pacific, droughts in South America, and less hurricanes in the Atlantic are effects of what?

What is thermohaline circulation?

A shear boundary is what?

What is Ekman Transport?

From which oceanic process are organisms that produce calcium carbonate structures most at risk?

Hydrogen bonds make water what?

What is upwelling?

Neap tides happen when __________

The Wilkes Expedition was ______________

Altering marine life distribution, slowing thermohaline circulation, and altering heat distribution globally are from

A trench is formed when ________

Why is the ocean blue?

Wave formation is an important result of __________

What is overturn?

What property of water allows it to become an insulator, less dense & float and supports marine life?

What are gyres?

What is the global conveyor belt?

Waves formed at the boundary of water with different densities are called?

Spring tides happen when _______

What expedition brought back more information than had been recorded in all human history?

What are oscillations?

What is an important factor in a tropical environment that requires marine animals to adapt?

Gondwana and Laurasia came from the separation of what supercontinent?

What are cyclonic storms?

An example of a capillary wave is

Right in the N Hemisphere and left in the S Hemisphere is the direction things are deflected in what process?

What is El Nino?

Alfred Wegener did what?

The stratosphere is the atmospheric layer of the Earth the contains what?

What effect does the Coriolis Effect have on tropical cyclones?

Wind, earthquakes, and landslides are the generating forces of what?

Salinity, temperature and pressure affect __________

What are thermoclines?

In order for it to be considered a scientific one, it must be possible to disprove a hypothesis

Deep water, shallow water, and intermediate are categories of

James cook's expedition _____________

Liquid water becomes more dense, decreases in volume, and sinks in the ocean when ________