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Oceanography
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Oceans resources are infinite True or False | False, they are finite |
| What three human activites greatly affect the water quality? | Agriculture, human waste disposal, and construction |
| What are most waves generated by? | Wind |
| What are tides? | the periodic rise and fall of the water level caused by the moon and sun |
| What is the largest reservoir of heat on Earth? | The Ocean |
| When are temperatures the highest at their highest in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico? causing a rise in the number of hurricanes | In Summer and early Fall |
| What is the major mechanism of energy transfer in the oceans, atmosphere and the Earth’s Interior? | Convection |
| True or False: Topography of the seafloor is as variable as that on the continents | True |
| What are some examples of seafloor features caused by plate tectonics? | Trenches and Mid-ocean ridges |
| What is Abyssal Plain? | the relatively flat seafloor from the continental rise to the mid- ocean ridge |