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Oceanography Test
Chapters 1-5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| world ocean | great body of water that covers 70.78% of earth |
| which is greater: the average depth of the ocean or the average height of continents? | |
| can scientific method be applied to natural world? Science? Scientific method? | systematic way of asking questions about world and testing them orderly process by which theories explaining operation of world are explained |
| marine science | process of applying scientific method to ocean, its surroundings, and lifeforms within it; oceanography or oceanology marine geologists, physical oceanographers, chemical oceanographers, climate specialists, marine biologists, marine engineers |
| Earth's heavy elements? | |
| how old is the earth? | |
| biosynthesis? | initial formation of life on earth |