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Marine Science Quiz: Chapters 1-3 Exam Review!
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1
Which two Frenchmen were amongst
the first
to begin to work at the seashore as an alternative to ships?
Henry Milne Edwards and Victor Andouin
Thomas Bartram and Franklin Hobbes
Fabian Dechen and Florian Efrain
Aldrich Cavanaugh and Azaire Beau
2
How is
Adhesion
defined?
The tendency of water to stick to other materials (adhere to solids.)
A concept in which water separates from other materials.
A process in which water gains an unusually high surface tension.
All of the above.
3
What
year
did Alfred Wegner propose the theory of
Continental Drift?
1912
1925
1700
1812
4
During the Renaissance, did the
Europeans
begin to investigate the world around them again?
False
True
5
In the United States, what was the
most
important early exploratory voyage?
The Wilkes Expedition
The William Expedition
The Wundt Expedition
The Wilheim Expedition
6
When using
Induction
and
Deduction
what do scientists start with?
Induction a series of shared observations Deduction a specific statement
Induction a single individual observation Deduction multiple statements
Induction: series of individual observations Deduction general statement
Induction a general statement Deduction series of individual observations
7
What Plate Boundary is
NOT
Divergent?
None of the above.
Ocean-ocean
Continent-Ocean
Continent-Continent
8
Hydrogen
bonds are what give pure water its pale blue hue.
True
False
9
90%
of the lithosphere is submerged in the asthenosphere.
True
False
10
Hydrogen bonds link water molecules together by
electrostatic
forces
False
True
11
How is
Convection
defined?
Radiation of internal heat to the surface
When a fluid or semisolid is heated, expands and becomes less dense + rises
Spreading center + source of new ocean floor rising from the asthenosphere
None of the above
12
All
scientific hypotheses are examined and tested and poked to see if they agree with actual observations of the world.
False
True
13
Scientific knowledge
is fundamentally derived from the observation of nature
True
False
14
The Earth is
homogeneous
False
True
15
Shorter wavelengths are
redder
, longer wavelengths are
bluer
False
True
16
What is the difference between
heat
and
temperature
?
They are the same.
There is no difference.
None of the above,
17
Beginning in what
year
did
Charles Darwin
sail around the world on the HMS Beagle?
1831
1820
1835
1731
18
Variations in different factors between high + low latitudes are usually confined to uppermost how many
meters
(water)?
3,000 meters of water
2,500 meters of water
1,200 meters of water
2,000 meters of water
19
In economic terms, it has been estimated that the ocean's living systems are worth
more
than...?
$20 Trillion a year
$10 Trillion a year
$15 Trillion a year
$25 Trillion a year
20
What
expedition
laid the foundations of modern marine science?
The Cupcake
The Challenger
The Chieftainship
The Charlotte
