Intro to Marine Science
Plate Tectonics & Seafloor
Properties of Ocean Water
Ocean Currents
Tides
100
Ocean in which the Hawaiian islands are found in
What is the Pacific Ocean?
100
Boundaries move away from each other
What is divergent boundary?
100
X-axis
What is latitude?
100
Strong winds that push warm water westward in the Pacific
What are Tradewinds?
100
Fall and rise of large bodies of water
What are tides?
200
Animal group that sharks belong to
What are fish?
200
Boundaries collide
What is convergent boundary?
200
Hydrogen bond
What is B?
200
The Tradewinds are _______________ during an El Nino event.
What is weaker?
200
Force that causes tides
What is the gravitational pull of the moon?
300
The independent variable is found on this axis (DRY MIX)
What is the X-axis?
300
Land feature found find parallel to the trench when an oceanic plate is being subducted under a continental plate.
What is a volcano?
300
A
What is solid?
300
equatorial current, driven by tradewinds
What is B?
300
Moon phase at neap tide
What is first or third quarter moon?
400
Polar bears can be found on the northern coasts of Russia, Canada, Greenland, and Alaska. The ocean they hunt in is _______________ .
What is the Artic Ocean?
400
C
What is outer core?
400
Clear water
What is low turbidity?
400
The other name is Ocean Conveyor Belt
What is thermohaline?
400
Moon phase at spring tide
What is new of full moon?
500
Objective and obtains data from our senses
What is an observation?
500
What is the mantle?
500
Amount of salinity in ppt
What is 35 ppt?
500
The force from Earth's rotation that gives currents a spiral pattern
What is the Coriolis Effect?
500
Type of tide is occurring where the star is located
What is flood tide?
600
The living elements in an ecosystem
What are biotic factors?
600
Earth layer made of basalt and granite
What is the crust?
600
Higher salinity
What is 20°S or 20°N?
600
Upwelling currents bring water to the surface that is _____________ & ________________.
What is cold & rich in nutrients?
600
Time between one spring tide and the next spring tide
What are 2 weeks?
700
SI unit for liquid volume
What is a liter?
700
Type of boundary moving through Iceland
What is divergent boundary?
700
deep ocean's constant temperature
What is 2°C?
700
Gulf Stream
What is D?
700
tidal range
What is 6 ft?
800
Abiotic
What is non-living?
800
Youngest seafloor
What is A?
800
Cloudy water
What is high turbidity?
800
Cause downwelling in the Northern Atlantic Ocean
What is salty water becoming very cold and dense in the Northern Atlantic?
800
A location with a diurnal tide will experience low tide every ______________ .
What is 24H?
900
Lab equipment to measure mass
What is a triple beam balance?
900
The ocean that is getting larger
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
900
Factor that INCREASES salinity in a location
What is
- Evaporation
OR
- Formation sea ice
900
Phenomenon at B
What is El nino?
900
Date spring tide
What is Jan 16th?