Duplicate of Marine Science Exam Review Game (Semester 1)

What type of tidal pattern has one equal high and low tides each day?

Which of the following is NOT a branch of marine science?

What is the water area between the low tide mark to the edge of the continental shelf

Out of the 73% of the water that is on earth, what percentage of that is SALT water?

What is the deepest part of the ocean?

Zone of the ocean that contains the sediment

"Discovered" the Caribbean Islands but thought he found a new way to get to India;miscalculated

Longitude lines are also called:

Which current carries warm water up the east coast of the US

The area beween the high tide and low tide mark

This group used maps made of sticks and stones; first to travel the S. Pacific in canoes.

What is cohesion?

Name one factor that causes a gyre

What is the most toxic substance in your aquarium?

This early explorer mapped the Gulf Stream Current in 1769:

This submersible explored the Marianas Trench in 1960:

What type of current causes the global converyor belt to move?

What percent of the ocean has been explored?

How much energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next?

This man made the connection between the lunar cycle (moon) and tides:

Which of the following would a marine physicist study?

The group was the first to apply math to marine navigation:

What helps protect shorelines against strom waves and surge

SONAR stands for:

What percentage of the world is covered in water?

Latitude lines are also called:

Explored N.Atlantic, trade routes in Europe, N.Africa, & C.Asia; Newfoundland,Iceland&Greenland

What type of motion do waves have?

Lines of latitude run in this direction:

How much time is there between tides each day?

On a Polynesian sticks and stones chart, the sticks represent:

This early explorer was the first to show earth as a sphere on a flat map; overestimated Asia

Lines of longitude run in this direction:

What type of tidal pattern has two equal high and low tides each day?

The main reason marine scientists utilize SONAR technology is to:

This biologist/naturalist sailed the HMS Beagle to the Galapagos Islands; also studied corals and barnacles

Invented a clock called a chronometer that runs accurately at sea:

This group invented the magnetic compass:

Led the 1st ocean exploration for science purposes; mapped Pacific and "discovered" Hawaii

The1st manned deep diving sub;most productive;found life in hydrothermal vents;explored Titanic

Area of the ocean found in deep trenches

What type of tidal pattern has unequal high and low tides each day?

0ºparallel is also called the:

What is the open water area beyond the continential shelf

The _________ of water is what gives it its unique properities

When do we see a neap tide?

What proper pH for your aquarium

Applying your knowledge of longitude & latitude, identify the correct coordiantes of North FL.

A Polynesian sticks and stones chart is seen below. What do the stones represent?

What causes a tsunami

Which of the following would a chemical oceanographer study?

What is F in the image

Group of explorers are responsible for the 1st trade routes & navigated using landmarks & stars

What is the proper salinity for your aquairum

The_____Expedition: 1st gov't funded exped. for msci; discovered M.Trench/deep marine organisms

This early explorer calculated Earth's circumference & invented the longitude & latitude system

All are the 3 primary reasons for early civilization to interact with the ocean EXCEPT for:

Which of the following is a sea mount

Looking at the image what is D