Marine Bio 1
The 2 terms used for mapping a location using a set of coordinates
Latitude & Longitude
What happens to pressure and temperature as you travel farther down the ocean
Pressure Rises & Temperature Lowers
The term for observation that is unconfirmed or science does not support
Ex: Bigfoot, Zodiacs, or Mythology
Pseudoscience
Plate boundary that causes earthquakes and fault lines
Transform\Sliding Boundary
This elevated feature is formed at a divergent boundary on the ocean floor
Mid-Oceanic Ridge
The type of plate boundary where mid-ocean trenches form
Divergent Boundary's
The type of plate boundary when the seafloor spreads apart
Divergent Boundary
The type of tide that occurs when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are aligned and causes the largest amplitude
Spring Tide
The type of tide that occurs when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are at a 90 degree angle and cause the smallest amplitude
Neap Tide
The process in the water cycle where water vapor in the air changes to liquid water
Condensation
What is the salinity of saltwater
35 ppt
This happens to coral when carbon diffuses into the water and rises ocean temperature
Coral Bleaching
First ocean zone without light
Bathypelagic Zone
The law of conservation of energy states...
Energy cannot be created nor destroyed
What is the chemical reaction deep sea animals use to produce light
Bioluminescence
The zone at the surface
Epipelagic
What ocean Zone are trenches found
Hadal Zone
Alfred Wegener's theory of how continents move
Continental Drift
What was Harry Hess's theory that proved Wegener's theory of continental drift
Seafloor Spreading
What is the measurement from either crest to crest or trough to trough
Wave Length
The term used when rain carries pollution from land to water
Runoff
The process where wind drives dense, cooler, and nutrient-rich water towards the surface
Upwelling
This forms when lava solidifies as it contacts cool water and builds upward
Seamount
What forms when an island sinks leaving behind a lagoon with a coral reef rim
Atoll
The seamount with a flat table-top
Guyot