A DIP IN THE OCEAN
TOOLS OF THE TRADE
MARINE ENVIRONMENTS
PLATE TECTONICS
VOLCANISM
100
Comets, meteors, and volcanoes
How did Earth's oceans form?
100
Instrument used to measure temperature.
What is a thermometer?
100
area in which sediment is deposited along the shore.
What is the beach?
100
Supercontinent proposed by Wegener from which all of our continents have "drifted".
What is Pangaea?
100
Processes associated with the discharge of magma, gases, hot fluids, and ash.
What is volcanism?
200
elevation of ocean surfaces
What is sea level?
200
Instrument used to measure wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
200
current flowing parallel to the shore.
What is longshore current?
200
Matching rock formations, Lystrosaurus, Glossopteris, glacial deposits in Antarctica.
What is evidence for continental drift, later called Plate Tectonics?
200
Name given to volcanoes surrounding the Pacific Plate.
What is Pacific Ring of Fire or Circum-Pacific Belt?
300
The measure of the amount of dissolved salts in seawater.
What is salinity?
300
Instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure.
What is a barometer?
300
narrow bank of sand that projects out into the water from a bend in the coastline.
What is spit?
300
Basalt near the Mid Ocean Ridge was found to be ______ than basalt near the continents.
What is younger?
300
Hawaii is an example.
What is a Hot Spot volcano?
400
Temperature ________ with depth in the ocean.
What is decreases?
400
Instrument used to measure the strength of an earthquake.
What is a seismometer?
400
Ridge of sand that forms between the mainland and an island connecting the two.
What is a tombolo?
400
Occurs when the flow in the Earth's outer core changes direction, thus causing the Earth's magnetic field to change direction as well.
What is a magnetic reversal?
400
Yellowstone is an example.
What is a caldera?
500
Rise of sea water due to the straight line alignment of the Earth, Sun, and moon.
What is spring tide?
500
Instrument used to map the ocean floor.
What is side-scan sonar?
500
flattest part of the ocean floor.
What is the abyssal plain?
500
Convection in this layer drives plate tectonics.
What is mantle?
500
Most explosive type of volcano.
What is a composite volcano?
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