Oceanography is the science that deals with the physical and biological properties and phenomena of the sea
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What is Physical Oceanography?
Physical oceanography is the study of ocean basin structures, water and sediment transportation, and the interplay between ocean water, air, and sediments
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What is an Ocean Zone?
Ocean zones are regions of the ocean that contain distinctive plant and animal life.
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How many types of Ocean Currents are there?
Two
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How many Oceans are there?
A) 6
B) 5
C) 4
D) 3
B) 5
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What are Ocean Zones?
Ocean Zones are a region of open sea beyond the edge of the continental shelf
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What does Chemical Oceanography investigate?
Chemical oceanography investigates the chemical makeup of the oceans.
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What is included in the Benthic Realm?
A) The beach
B) All of the ocean floor
C) The Marine Life
D) Nothing
B) All Of The Ocean Floor
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Surface Currents make up about __% of all water in the ocean. A) 80% B) 100% C) 50% D) 10%
D) 10%
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Name all of the Oceans.
Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, Indian, and Southern
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What are Ocean Currents?
Ocean Currents are a horizontal movement of seawater in the ocean
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What does Biological Oceanography study?
Biological oceanography involves the study of the known life forms in the ocean, and the discovery of new life forms.
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How many regions is the Pelagic Realm divided into? What are they?
Two Regions : Neritic and Coastal
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Deep Ocean Currents make up __% of the Ocean.
A) 90%
B) 60%
C) 40%
D) 20%
A) 90%
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What is the Challenger Deep?
A deep-diving submarine designed to reach the bottom of Challenger Deep, the deepest known point on Earth
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What is Marine Life?
Marine Life is the plants, animals and other organisms that live in the ocean
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There are three types of Oceanography. True or False?
True
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What does the Epipelagic Zone support? What are they?
The epipelagic zone supports phytoplankton (algae and microscopic plants). They are the primary producers of the ocean.
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What is another name used for Surface Currents?
Surface Circulation
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70% of Earth is covered by land. True or False?
False
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What are Gyres?
Gyres are any large system of rotating ocean currents, particularly those involved with large wind movements.
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Oceanography is the study of biology and chemistry only. True or False?
False
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What organisms are most commonly found in the Mesopelagic Zone?
Small Fish, Squid, and Small Crustaceans.
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What is another name for Deep Water Currents?
Thermohaline Circulation
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Ocean Currents are influenced by how many forces? What are their names?