unit review oceanography 2/24

What technology do scientists use to measure ocean depth?

Oceans may have formed on Earth due to impacts of ________.

What is A

Which ocean zone does sunlight penetrate?

The horizontal distance between two successive crests is called the ____.

About what percentage of the Earth's surface is covered by water?

Most ocean water is located in which zone?

Which hemisphere of the Earth contains the greater proportion of oceansurface?

What is the major cause for ocean "dead zones"?

Ocean currents that move toward the poles are ____.

Which of the following can submersibles do?

The ocean current that provides warmth for many parts of Europe is  

Trench is located at

layers of the ocean: surface, mixted, transition & deep are based on...

Which of the following is NOT a zone in the three layers of the ocean relating to density?

Seamounts are ____.

Where would you find the lowest density seawater?

The largest of Earth’s oceans is the ____.

Ocean currents are deflected by

Unlike surface currents, deep currents depend on differences in (2)

About what percentage of the water on or near the Earth's surface is contained in the ocean?

Seamounts are located at

the oceans are very noisy

Hydrothermal vents seem to be located near

Which of the following is a disturbance that carries energy through matter?

What is true about an ocean current that is moving toward the equator?

Mid ocean ridge is 

Spring tides and neap tides occur in patterns governed by 

navigation by sound is called

What primary force powers ocean surface currents?

The movement of water that parallels the shore within the surf zone is called ____.

The steep continental slope merges into a more gradual incline known as the continental ____.

In a wave, a single particle of water

Flowing "rivers" of water in the ocean are

Which of the following is NOT a main producer of food in the ocean?

A body of water moving in a definite direction, especially in a surrounding body of water.

What term describes organisms that live on or in the ocean floor?

Warm surface currents originate near the________________.

A vertical circulation in the ocean that brings cold deep water to the ocean surface.

The surface current that brings warm water north along the east coast of the United States.

Marine organisms are classified according to how they ____.

What nation impossed strike trading laws that limited colonial business growth?

The uppermost layer of the ocean.

In an attempt to get around imperial law, the colonies used ...

Where does seafloor spreading occur?

Deep currents are caused by

Oceans are an important source of… (multiple)

Cold surface currents originate near the ______________________ .

What is the salinity of seawater?

The vertical distance between trough and crest is called the ____.

ways animals survive in the tidal zone include

Ocean Volcanoes are located at

Which of the following best describes the ocean bottom?

Isolated volcanic peaks on the ocean floor are called ____.

The original source of energy for ocean currents (both surface and deep) is

Which of the following has the largest daily tidal range?

The open ocean of any depth is called the ____.

The animals in this zone tend to be blind

The two most abundant salts dissolved in ocean water:

What is density?

The highest salinity would be found in which of the following areas?

A periodic change in the Pacific Ocean when surface-water temperature becomes warmer is called

What happens to ocean water that becomes denser?

The ocean layer of rapid temperature change with depth is known as the ____.

Deep, steep-sided valleys that originate on the continental slope.

The magnetic striping of the sea floor is evidence of reversals in the polarity, it proves

Organisms that drift with ocean currents are called ____.

How do plankton differ from nekton?

Coastal areas have their temperatures moderated by

Which of the following is important in global climate regulation?

How do surface currents form?

What is 3

Differences in ocean-surface height can be measured by ____.

Because of the Coriolis effect, ocean currents in the Northern Hemisphere are deflected to the_

Global wind patterns cause

Shifting  of surface currents from their expected paths, caused by the rotation of Earth.

Circular orbital motion refers to ____.

How does water pressure change as you go deeper into the ocean?

In addition to salinity, what factor affects the density of seawater?

Which of the following is a type of nekton?

Which of the following is a type of plankton?

A measure of the amount of salt in seawater.

About how deep do surface currents go?

The uneven heating of the Earth by the Sun causes ______ which then cause _______.

These three things directly affect surface currents:

What is true about the deepest parts of the ocean floor?

Density currents move ____.

A process that brings nutrients to the surface of the ocean is called

How does light change with increasing depth in the ocean?

How does temperature change with increasing depth in the ocean?

Oceanic crust is more _______________ than continental crust.

Which part of the ocean is deepest?

How does light change with increasing depth in the ocean?

The accumulation of sediment found along the shore of a lake or ocean is called a ____.

Trying to roll a ball straight across a turning merry-go-round is a demonstration of 

Which describes what is happening at high tide?

Which of the following occurs at the continental margin in the Pacific Ocean?

Nekton include all animals that ____.

The gently sloping submerged surface extending from the shoreline toward the deep ocean.