Chapter 11.1
Chapter 11.2
Chapter 11.3
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Difficult questions (You will not get these right, TRUST US)
100
What are the five major oceans of the world?
Atlantic ocean, Pacific ocean, Indian ocean , Southern ocean, Arctic ocean.
100
What is an ocean current?
An ocean current is an amount of ocean water that moves like a river.
100
What is heat capacity?
A measure of how long it takes for a material to heat up or cool down.
100
Earth's oceans transport and store a small amount of heat.
False. It stores and transports a large amount of heat.
100
What is a density current?
It is a sinking and movement of dense water beneath surface water.
200
What are low points on Earth's surface?
Ocean basins.
200
What does ocean water transport?
Dissolved minerals, solar energy, oxygen, and carbon dioxide.
200
What is weather?
The condition of the atmosphere at a given time.
200
Common salt is magnesium sulphate.
False. It is sodium chloride (NaCl)
200
What does (AUV) stand for? And how deep can it go?
It stands for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle. And it can go up to 6000m deep.
300
What are the two main ocean ridges?
Juan de Fuca Ridge, and the Explorer Ridge.
300
What is the largest ocean current?
The Antarctic Circumpolar current in the Southern ocean.
300
Define climate.
The weather characteristics for a specific region averaged over a long time period.
300
The continental shelf, Grand Banks, off Canada's east coast is 80km wide and is the smallest continental shelf in the world.
False. It is 480km wide and is the largest continental shelf in the world.
300
What does "ROPOS" stand for? And how deep can it go?
It stands for Remotely Operate Platform for Ocean Science. It can go 5km.
400
How strong is a stream of water from deep under the ocean
Strong enough to cut a tree trunk in half.
400
How does wind affect surface currents?
The energy in the air particles are transferred to the water particles in the ocean.
400
Approximately how much has the average temperature of Earth increased by in the last 145 years?
0.6° celcius
400
The regions of Sweden and Finland have harsh winters.
True.
400
What is the purpose of the NEPTUNE project? List two points.
-To study the variety of organisms living on and near the ocean floor -To study the relationship between the ocean and climate change, and the effects on sea life -To study the composition, chemistry, and geology of the ocean floor. -To study composition of the ocean crust and how it relates to earthquakes.
500
How much of the surface of the moon is equal to the area covered by the ocean floor?
10%
500
How is the Coriolis effect caused? How does this affect the way hurricanes spin?
The Coriolis effect is caused by the direction of which Earth is spinning. This affects the way hurricanes spin because hurricanes are a mass of water particles that are blown around by wind. Ps. Ms. Jessa is the best teacher ever.
500
What is El Niño and La Niña?
El Niño is a warm ocean current that develops each year near December. La Niña is colder-than-normal coming to the surface off the coast of South America.
500
An ocean current is a tsunami.
False. It is a large amount of water moving in a certain direction.
500
What is the three word name first mentioned in the picture on page 409? DOUBLE POINTS IF YOU CAN GUESS THIS HUEHUE
Juan De Fuca.
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