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OSB Question Stack 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Scale used to reflect Wind Speed | Beaufort Scale |
| Phylum of Sand Dollar | Echinodermata |
| Class of Squids | Cephalopod |
| Thrid order of Marine Mammals (carnivore, sirenia, and _____) | Cetacea (Whales and Porpoises) |
| Distance between the Trough of one wave to the trough of the next wave | Wavelength |
| Depth of water, a wave begins to build up as it comes into land | 1/2 the wavelength |
| Where do you find a greater perecentage of siliceous ooze than calcareous ooze? | Deep Water |
| Term describin Swimmers in the Ocean | Nekton |
| Average Salinity of Ocean Water in ppt | 35 |
| Average Temperature at the Deepest part of the ocean | 2 degrees Celsius |
| Largest Current in the World | Antarctic Circumpolar Current |
| Current that goes North along the Western coast of South America | Peruvian Current |
| What type of coral reef exists when a seamount that it used to sorround is now underwater? | Atoll |
| Process that Leads to the formation of Ridges | Sea-Floor Spreading |
| Tides that Occur Twice a Day | Semi-Diurnal Tides |
| Large Rotating loops that are generated from currents flowing in a circular motion | Gyres |
| Typical Length of time between high tides | 12hr and 25 minutes |
| Algae responsible for red tides | Dinoflagellates |
| Algae that lives in symbiotic relationship wiht coral | Zooxanthellae |
| Term for Earh, Moon, and Sun in a straight line | Sygyzy |
| Earth, Moon, and Sun Form a Right angle. This Cause ____ tides | Neap |
| Type of Cell at the Mid-Latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere | Hadley Cells |
| Direction of the wind in the mid-latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere | South-West |
| Direction an object floating in the water at the mid-latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere would be movin | South-East |
| Organism that does Nitrogen Fixation in the Ocean | Gyambulam? |
| What psi would you find at 100 feet deep | 4 |
| Direction of Gyres in the S. Hemisphere | Counter-Clockwise |
| Term for addition of sand and/or soil to a spot | Deposition |
| Phylum of Nautilus | Mollusca |
| moment when the Sun is positioned directly over the Earth's equator | Equinox |
| Measure of how many degress from north an object is | Azimuth |
| Point directly above the observer | Zenith |
| In the US, which coast do we usually see mixed tides | West Coast |
| Primary Cause of Deep Water Circulation | Cooling/heat? |
| Type of Coast formed by Volcanoes | Primary |
| Type of estuary formed by glaciers | Fjord |
| Order of mammals Polar Bears are in | Carnviore |
| which water holds more oxygen? cold or warm | Cold |
| Freezing point of Salt Water | -2 degrees Celsius |
| Characteristic of water that keeps it from easily evaporating | Cohesion and high heat capacity |
| Color of the algae, phaeophyta | brown |
| Two organisms that contribute to silaceous ooze | Diatoms and Radiolaria |
| Process that leads to trenches | Subduction |
| Two causes of Tsunamis | Earthquakes/ ice |
| Primary functional structure of a sea urchin | tube feet |
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