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Marine Science Test 1/4
lectures covering chapters 1-4 of Essentials of Oceanography, by Alan Trujillo(11th edition) & GEOS Lab Manual - MS20 Introduction to OCeanography
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Undergraduate 1
09/13/2013

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Term
Oceans cover roughly how much of the earths surface?
Definition
70.8%
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name earths five principle oceans
Definition
Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, Antarctic
Term

Which ocean does the following data describe?

- Worlds largest ocean

- Worlds deepest ocean

- Earths largest geographic feature

- Named in 1520 by Ferdinand Magellan

Definition
Pacific Ocean
Term

Which ocean does the following data describe?
- half the size of the worlds largest ocean 

- shallower than the worlds largest ocean

- seperates the old world from the new world

Definition
Atlantic Ocean
Term

Which ocean does the following data describe?

- Smaller than the worlds second largest ocean

- similar depth as the worlds second largest ocean

- primarily in the souther hemisphere

 

Definition
Indian Ocean
Term

Which ocean does the following data describe?

- seven percent the size of the worlds largest ocean

- shallowest world ocean

- permanent layer of sea ice a few meters thick

 

Definition
Arctic Ocean
Term

Which ocean does the following data describe?

- Circumnavigates ____

- lies 50 S latitude

Definition
Antarctic Ocean
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______ sailed on a balsa raft in 1947 to demonstrate migration of South Americans to Pacific Ocean islands was also possible.
Definition
Thor Heyerdahl
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____ were the first from the Western Hemisphere to develop navigation arts
Definition
Phoenecians
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what group of people are known to have navigated circa 2000 BC
Definition
Phoenecians
Term
____ Explored Med. Sea, Red Sea and Indian ocean.
Definition
Phoenecians
Term
____ First circumnavigation of Africa
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Phoenecians
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__ Sailed northward using a simple method to determine latitude in 325 BC
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Greek Pytheas
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_____ Navigated using the North Star
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Greek Pytheas
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____ determined earths circumference fairly accurately
Definition
Eratosthenes
Term
Who developed latitude and longitude
Definition
Eratosthenes
Term
____ produced fairly accurate world map around 150 A.D.
Definition
Claudius Ptolemy
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___ erroneously updated Aratosthenes original circumference estimation, later causing Columbus to believe he had reached Asia!
Definition
Claudius Ptolemy
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_____ explored the North Atlantic Ocean
Definition
Vikings!
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____ settled Iceland and Greenland in 9th and 10th centuries A.D.
Definition
VIKINGS!!!!!
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_____ designated part of eastern Canada "Vinland" AKA Newfoundland in 995 A.D.
Definition
Leif Eriksson
Term
What did Leif Eriksson accomplish in 995 A.D.?
Definition
he designated Vinland (now Newfoundland)
Term
____ sought trade routes around africa
Definition
Prince Henry the Navigator
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____ was financed by the spanish to find new trade routes to Asia.
Definition
Christopher Columbus
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___ arrived in northeast North America in 1497
Definition
John Cabot
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Spaniard ________ circumnavigated the globe
Definition
Ferdinand magellan
Term
what country defeated the spanish armada
Definition
England
Term
when did spains maritime dominance end ?
Definition
1588
Term
What years were Peter Pans rival alive?
Definition
Captain James Cook lived from 1728 to 1779
Term
who mapped the islands in Pacific?
Definition
Captain James Cook
Term

who was it that commanded the following ships?

- HMS Endeavour

- Resolution

- Adventure

Definition
Captain James Cook
Term
____ systematically measured ocean characteristics
Definition
Captain James Cook
Term
all bodies in the solar system formed from nebula describes what hypothesis?
Definition
Nebular hypothesis
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____________ describes the layers of water in a body of water with a layer of cold dense water at the bottom and, at temperatures above freezing, a warmer layer floating on top.
Definition
Density stratification
Term
____ is low density and mainly silicate minerals
Definition
Crust
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______ is mainly iron (Fe) and magnesium (Mg) silicate minerals
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Mantle
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_____ High-density, mainly iron (Fe) and nickel (Ni)
Definition
Core
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____ occurred during density stratification
Definition
Outgassing
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true or false:

physical laws of nature havent changed through time

Definition
true
Term
____ == using a weighted line that has distances marked
Definition
depth sounding
Term
bouncing and measuring sonar waves off the sea floor is a form of:
Definition
echo sounding
Term

 

 

Earths surface is covered by a series of rigid slabs that move in relation to one another and interact at the margins is a description of: _____

Definition
plate tectonics
Term
one large continent existed 200 million years ago is known as:
Definition
Pangaea
Term
who was a famous WW2 submarine captain / geologist ?
Definition
Harry Hess
Term
regular pattern of north-south magnetism stripes
Definition
Magnetic anomalies
Term
spreading center in the middle ocean is called
Definition
mid-ocean ridge
Term
oceanic trench site of crust destruction is
Definition
Subduction Zones
Term
subduction can generate
Definition
deep ocean trenches
Term
____ tectonic plates that float on ductile asthenosphere
Definition
lithosphere
Term
mid ocean ridge also known as
Definition
Rift valley
Term
slow spreading steep slopes mid atlantic describes what:
Definition
oceanic ridge
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fast spreading gentle slopes east pacific describes what:
Definition
oceanic rise
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denser plate is subducted deep trenches generated volcanic island arcs generated
Definition
oceanic-oceanic convergence
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ocean plate is subducted continental arcs generated
Definition
oceanic continental convergence
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no subduction tall mountains uplifted
Definition
continental-continental convergence
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what's a term for a hotspot track?
Definition
nematath
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transforms faults occur between mid-ocean ridge segments
Definition
Oceanic Transform Fault
Term
cuts across continent - such as the san andreas fault
Definition
continental transform fault
Term
part of continent not ocean
Definition
Continental margin
Term
usually in the center where oceanic crust is created
Definition
ocean ridge
Term
broad flat bounded by continental shelves ridges trenches
Definition
abyssal plain
Term
usually at margin where oceanic crust returns the mantle
Definition
Trench
Term
are coincident with plate boundaries
Definition
active margins
Term
do not coincide with plate boundaries
Definition
passive margins
Term
compressional body waves
Definition
P-waves
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velocity 6-8km per second
Definition
P-wave
Term
particle motion is parallel to direction of wave propagation
Definition
P-wave
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travel through solids liquids gasses
Definition
p-wave
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primary waves
Definition
P-waves
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Secondary waves
Definition
S-waves
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shearing waves
Definition
S-waves
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velocity 3-5 km/second
Definition
S-waves
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particle motion is perpendicular to direction of propagation
Definition
S-waves
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do not pass through liquids
Definition
S-waves
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where do most large earthquakes occur?
Definition
Subduction Zones
Term
broad slightly domed volcano is a
Definition
shield volcano
Term
this type of volcano is most often found adjacent to the Pacific ocean
Definition
Composite cone
Term
granitic rocks are also refered to as:
Definition
felsic, feldspar and silica
Term
basaltic rocks are also referred to as
Definition
mafic- magnesium and iron
Term
shallow water areas close to shore
Definition
continental margins
Term
deep water areas farther from land
Definition
deep-ocean basins
Term
submarine mountain range
Definition
mid-ocean ridge
Term
active continental volcanoes is a feature of a
Definition
convergent active margin
Term
linear islands banks and deep basins close to shore is an example of
Definition
transform continental margin
Term

continental shelf

shelf break

continental slope

continental rise

are all features of: 

Definition
Continental Margins
Term
____ is where a marked increase in slope angle occurs
Definition
shelf break
Term
californias transform active margin has a:
Definition
continental borderland
Term
narrow deep v shape in profile is a description of a
Definition
Submarine Canyon
Term
submarine canyons are often carved out by:
Definition
turbidity currents
Term
continental rise can often be marked by ___ _____ and are caused by turbidity currents
Definition
turbidite deposites
Term
deposites generate ____ fans or _____ fans
Definition
deposites generate deep sea fans or submarine fans
Term
settling of very fine particles is known as:
Definition
suspension settling
Term

how high in KM must the following be above sea floor: 

 

seamounts, table mounts guyots

Definition
1KM above sea floor
Term

how far above the sea floor must the following be located:

 

abyssal hills or seaknolls

Definition
less than 1KM
Term
true / false volcanic islands are below sea level
Definition
FALSE
Term
convergent margins generate ____________
Definition
ocean trenches
Term
mountains on land such as the andes mountains are example of:
Definition
continental arc
Term
japan is an example of a
Definition
island arc
Term
downdropped area on crest of ridge
Definition
rift valley
Term
tall mid ocean volcanoes
Definition
seamounts
Term
shapes formed when hot basaltic lava quickly cools
Definition
pillow lava or pillow basalt
Term
sea floor hot springs are also known as
Definition
hydrothermal vents
Term
along mid ocean ridge offset spreading zones
Definition
transform faults
Term
along pacific ocean mid ocean rise
Definition
fracture zones
Term
marine sediment derived from land
Definition
terrigenous
Term
marine sediment derived from organisms
Definition
biogeneous
Term
marine sediment derived from water
Definition
hydrogenous
Term
marine sediment derived from outser space
Definition
cosmogenous
Term
terrigenous sediment composition mainly contains what mineral?
Definition
quartz
Term
terrigenous sediment grain size can be measured how?
Definition
with the wentworth scale of grain size
Term
shallow water deposites are
Definition

neritic

 

Term
deeper water deposites are
Definition

pelagic

 

Term
at least 70% clay sized particles from continents describes:
Definition
abyssal clay
Term
visible to the naked eye, shells bones teeth can be described as
Definition
macroscopic
Term
tiny shells or tests biogenic ooze can be described as
Definition
microscopic
Term
two most common chemical compounds in sediment composition are:
Definition
silica and Calcium
Term
photosythetic algae are known as
Definition
diatoms
Term
protozoans use external food and are known as
Definition
radiolarians
Term
shells of microsocpic organisms are
Definition
tests
Term
diatoms and readiolarians generate
Definition
siliceous ooze
Term
nannoplankton are also known as
Definition
coccolithophores
Term
individual plates from dead organisms are known as
Definition
coccoliths
Term
lithified coccolith-rich ooze is known as:
Definition
rock chalk
Term
protozoans, use external food
Definition
Foraminifera
Term
carbonate minerals containing CO3
Definition
Carbonate deposits
Term
marine carbonates are primarily
Definition
limestone
Term
depth where CaCO3 readily dissolves
Definition
CCD calcite compensation depth
Term
ancieant remains of microscropic organisms
Definition
Petroleum
Term
Also called clathrates, high pressures squeeze chilled water and gas into icelike solid
Definition
gas hydrates
Term
is gypsum an evaprative salt ?
Definition
YES
Term
fertilizer from plants also contains
Definition
phosphorite
Term
lumps of metal
Definition
manganese nodules
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