Marine Bio 1
The 2 terms used for mapping a location using a set of coordinates
Latitude & Longitude
What happens to both pressure and temperature as you travel deeper in the ocean?
Pressure Increases & Temperature Decreases
The term used for an observation that is unconfirmed or science does not support it
Examples: Bigfoot, Abdominal Snowman, Skunk Ape, Mythology
Pseudoscience
The type of plate boundary that causes both earthquakes and fault lines
Transform/Sliding/Slip-Strike Boundary
This elevated feature on the ocean floor occurs at a divergent boundary
Mid-Oceanic Ridge
The type of plate boundary found where mid-ocean trenches occur
Divergent Boundary
The type of plate boundary is found where two continental plates collide
Convergent 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 causes the smallest amplitude
Neap Tide
The process in the water cycle where water vapor in the air changes to liquid water (e.g., you might see this on your windshield in the morning)
Condensation
The salinity of typical saltwater
35 ppt
This can happen to coral when excessive amounts of CO2 diffuses into the water and ocean temperature increases
Coral Bleaching
The first ocean zone without sunlight (aka midnight zone)
Bathypelagic Zone
The law of conservation of energy states...
Energy cannot be created nor destroyed, but it can be transferred from one type of energy to another (i.e., kinetic, potential, mechanical)
The chemical reaction deep sea organisms use to produce light
Bioluminescence
The ocean zone at the surface
Epipelagic Zone
The ocean zone where trenches occur
Hadal Zone
Alfred Wegener's theory of how continents move
Continental Drift
Harry Hess's theory, which supported Wegener's theory of continental drift
Seafloor Spreading
The measurement of a wave from either crest to crest or trough to trough
Wave Length
The term used when rain carries pollution from land to water
Stormwater Runoff
The process where surface 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 from the bottom of the ocean
Seamount
This forms when an island sinks back under water leaving behind a lagoon with a coral reef rim
Atoll
The type of seamount with a flat table-top because of erosion
Guyot