Hydrology & Oceanography Review

Waves in shallow water become bent and begin to run parallel to shore, a process known as _______.

A depositional feature that forms where a stream enters a lake or ocean is a(n) ___________.

Ocean salinity is usually expressed in _________.

Which ocean zone is characterized by high water pressure, low temperatures, and no sunlight?

Which of the following factors does NOT influence stream velocity?

The average annual precipitation worldwide must equal the quantity of water _________.

How do plankton differ from nekton?

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

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

When is the daily tidal range the greatest?

What type of stream valley would form in a mountainous area?

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

Which of the following can cause an increase in the density of ocean water?

Which of the following is designed to prevent or slow shoreline erosion?

The single most important erosional agent on Earth is ___________.

The rising of cold water from deeper layers to replace warmer surface water is called _________.

Which of the following is NOT a process that decreases the salinity of seawater?

What feature connects an island to the mainland or to another island?

Which of the following is associated with mid-ocean ridges?

A natural levee is _____________.

Which of the following is a type of nekton?

Which of the following is NOT true about a wave in the open ocean?

Seamounts are _____________.

Which of the following would least likely be found in a wide valley?

A stream's discharge __________.

Which of the following is a landform created by wave erosion?

Where would you find the lowest density seawater?

The flat portion of a valley floor adjacent to a stream channel is a ____________.

The water cycle is the ________.

Which of the following is NOT one of the three major regions on the ocean floor?

What is NOT true about ocean waves?

Which of the following is NOT a factor used to divide the ocean into distinct marine life zones?

Balance in the water cycle means that _________.

Most streams carry the largest part of their load ___________.

The ability of a stream to erode and transport material depends largely on its __________.

Which process does NOT decrease the salinity of seawater?

Which of the following is NOT a zone included in the continental margin?

What technology do scientists use to measure ocean depth?

What is the principal source of dissolved substances in the oceans?

Most ocean water is found in which zone?

The energy that drives surface ocean currents comes from __________.

Springs form where ___________.

Organisms that drift with ocean currents are called ________.

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

One major cause of floods is ___________.

Which of the following is visible evidence of energy passing through water?

Waves begin to "feel bottom" when water depth is _______.

Which of the following decreases beach erosion without the construction of protective structures?

One thousand grams of seawater would consist of how may grams of dissolved substances?

Which of the following is NOT a major source of groundwater pollution?

Which of the following is a type of plankton?

Wave impact and pressure cause ______.

Where trenches do not exist, the steep continental slope merges into a more gradual incline know as the continental ___.

What is the most abundant salt in the sea?

How do animals survive in the deeper parts of the seafloor?

Which of the following best describes the ocean bottom?

One traditional flood control method has been to attempt to keep the stream's flow within its channel by creating _____.

The most prominent features of a narrow, V-shaped valley, where the stream profile drops rapidly are ________.

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

A drainage basin is ___________.

Marine organisms are classified according to how they _______.

Limiting development of floodplains is effective because it ____________.

Isolated volcanic peaks on the ocean floor are called _______.

An isolated remnant of wave erosion is a ____________.

Which regions are thought to be the most level places on Earth?

Which of the following properties most determines water's vertical position in the ocean?

Algae can survive on the seafloor only in ____________.

Ocean currents that move toward the poles are _______.

Which tidal pattern has two high tides and two low tides each day?

Which part of the ocean is the deepest?

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

Where does seafloor spreading occur?

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

Because of the Coriolis Effect, ocean currents in the Northern Hemisphere are deflected to the _______.

Plants release water into the atmosphere through a process called _______.

Any formation in which groundwater rises on its own under pressure is a(n) _____________.

The vertical distance between crest and trough is called _________.

In a stream channel, which of the following will be deposited first?

If you were to examine the profile of a typical stream, you would probably find that the gradient is __________.

What is fetch?

What are the boundaries called that separate streams in adjacent drainage basins?

The vertical drop of a stream channel over a certain distance is called _______.

Nekton include all animals that __________.

Permeable rock layers or sediments that transmit groundwater freely are called _________.

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

What causes surface ocean currents to be deflected?

Which of the following is NOT a category of marine organisms?

As stream discharge increases, which of the following occurs?

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

Groundwater is found underground in the zone of ____________.

The smallest daily tidal range occurs during which type of tide?

The percentage of the total volume of rock or sediment that consists of pore spaces is called __________.

What is the salinity of seawater?

The Gulf Stream affects the climate of ________.