an electrical charge released in the atmosphere

What’s the difference between a tropical storm depression?

Depression has winds under 40mph tropical storm has over 40

What do the plants next to thermal vents perform when there is no light?

Trick question: They are Bacteria

What do Hydrothermal vents release?

Both Extremely Hot Water and Chemicals

What is the main difference between El Nino and La Nina?

They are opposite in their effects.

What correctly describes Passive margins?

Relatively inactive geologically

What is the main difference between climate and weather?

Weather is an atmospheric condition at a specific time

What is weather responsible for?

B.Atmospheric conditions at a specific point in time

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Marine Science Ocean Zones, Floor, and Weather

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1
What is NOT a zone of latitude?
Oceanic
Tropical
Polar
Temperate
2
What is the mountain shaped surface with a flat top called?
Seamount
Flattop
Mountain
Guyot
3
Lightning is
a loud noise in the atmosphere
energy from the sun releasing high voltage
strong wind that causes giant sparks
an electrical charge released in the atmosphere
4
What is one way scientists map the ocean floor?
Wave Technology
Whales
Sonar
Iphone
5
What’s the difference between a tropical storm depression?
They both are the same just with different names.
Depression has winds under 40mph tropical storm has over 40
tropical depression has minor waves and sea storms
6
What do the plants next to thermal vents perform when there is no light?
Homosynthesis
Chemosynthesis
Photosynthesis
Trick question: They are Bacteria
7
What is the deepest Pelagic Zone?
Bathopeleagic
Hectopelagic
Mesopelagic
Hadopelagic
8
Which zone has the least amount of life
Photic zone
Euphotic zone
Dysphotic zone
Aphotic zone
9
Climate affects a region for a_
A Long period of time
A specific point in time
A short period of time
A long but rapid period of time.
10
What do Hydrothermal vents release?
Extremely Hot Water
Both Extremely Hot Water and Chemicals
Chemicals
Calcium
11
What do we call a mountain underwater?
Seamount
Guyot
Trenches
Seamountain
12
Passive Margins are
Example: East Coast of U.S
Characterized by flat, wide coastal plains
All of the above
Relatively inactive geographically
13
What is the deepest part of the ocean?
Abyssal plain
Mid ocean ridge
Trenches
Hydrothermal vents
14
What zones in the ocean does light not get to?
Mesopelagic
Epipelagic
Abyssopelagic
Bathypelagic
15
What is the main difference between El Nino and La Nina?
They occur in different areas of the ocean
They are different sizes.
They have different wind speeds
They are opposite in their effects.
16
What correctly describes Passive margins?
Characterized by steep rocky shorelines
A Lot of tectonic activity.
Relatively inactive geologically
Relatively active geologically
17
The biologically richest part of the seafloor is:
Deep-sea fans
The continental shelf
The continental slope
The abyssal plain
18
An example of a subduction zone is:
The seafloor bordering eastern South America
The East Pacific Rise
The Mariana Trench
The San Andreas Fault
19
What division is the “water column”?
Abyssal Division
Benthic Division
Pelagic Division
Mid-Ocean Division
20
2. How are trenches created?
D.Divergent boundaries
B.Erosion
A.Weathering
C.Subduction
21
What is the area called where a plate sinks under another?
Deep
Slip
Trench
Rift
22
Where does magma arise from?
Trenches
None of the above
Rift Valleys
Convection currents
23
Which Ocean zone contains NO light?
Aphoticc
Dysphotic
Photic
Euphotic
24
What is the main difference between climate and weather?
Climates never change
Climate is temporary
Weather is an atmospheric condition at a specific time
They don’t correlate with each other
25
Where does 90% of all of marine life live?
Aphotic Zone
Euphotic zone
Midnight zone
Disphotic Zone
26
How deep is the Dysphotic zone?
D.none of the above
B.50m-1,000m
C.2,000-4,500m
A.1m-22m
27
What is the percent of marine life that lives in the euphoric zone?
A.90%
B.40%
D.25%
C.75%
28
Which is NOT a stage of storm development?
Tropical Disturbance
Tropical Depression
Severe Thunderstorm
Tropical Thunderstorm
29
Which of the following is NOT a zone of latitude?
Flood zone
Polar Zone
Tropical zone
Temperate zone
30
4. Where do hadalpelagic zones occur?
A.Trenches
D.Aphotic zone
B.Disphotic zones
C.Euphotics
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Which pelagic zone is on the surface?
Hadalpelagic
a. Abyssopelagic
Mesopelagic
Epipelagic
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What is weather responsible for?
D.Polar Zones
B.Atmospheric conditions at a specific point in time
C.Tropical Zones
Atmospheric conditions over a long period of time

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