Intro to Oceanography
Ms. Hildebrand's favorite animal is
What is a Killer Whale?
The conversion factor to calculate nautical miles from statue miles
What is 1.15?
Jessie's number
What is 867-5309?
This children's TV show, which debut in 1976, is about to make a comeback
What is the Muppet Show?
Tides on Earth are caused by the interaction of the Earth and these 2 celestial bodies
What are the sun and moon?
The amount of the ocean that has been explored
What is <5%?
This underwater feature is created from a seamount after it has erroded
What is a guyot?
This type of sediment comes from space
What is cosmogeneous?
2 or the 4 currents that influence the United States
What are: Alaska, California, N. Pacific, and Gulf Stream?
The moon has the most influence on the heights of tides due to this
What is because it is closer?
The amount of the population that lives within 100mi of the ocean
What is half, 50%?
This underwater feature is created at a subduction zone
What is a trench?
The average salinity of the world's oceans
What is 3% or 30-35ppt?
Currents that are perpendicular onshore to the coast create this climate
What are rainforests?
3 organisms that are aquacultured in the United States
What are oysters and various fish species? (Ms. H has final say on this; many different answers)
The very first (and now the last) song played on MTV
What is Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles?
This is a dormant volcano that is still under the surface
What is a seamount?
This type of sediment comes from salts crystalizing in seawater
What is hydrogeneous?
Currents that are perpendicular offshore create what type of climate
What is a desert?
Active and passive coastlines are created due to this
What is active is on a plate boundary and passive is far from a plate boundary?
The amount of earth's water that is saltwater
What is 97%?
This breaking news story of the 80's involved an 18-month old child falling down a well pipe that was only 8 inches wide. It took 3 days to get her out...
Who is Baby Jessica?
The pycnocline responds this way when the halocline increases or the thermocline decreases
What is increase?
When you see water on the beach suddenly recede further than normal, your first thought about what is coming is
What is a tsunami?
The two space shuttles (post 1980 NASA aircraft) that did not leave or return to earth successfully
What are Challenger and Columbia?