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What does SCUBA stand for?

Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus

What is a trench?

A deep, narrow valley in the ocean floor.

What is the continental shelf?

A gently sloping, submerged area extending from the shoreline to the continental slope.

What is an abyssal plain?

<p>A flat, deep plain on the ocean floor.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a seamount?

<p>An isolated mountain on the ocean floor.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a mid-ocean ridge?

<p>A long, underwater mountain range often formed by divergent plate boundaries.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a barrier reef?

<p>A long, narrow coral reef that runs parallel to the coastline.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is an atoll reef?

<p>A ring-shaped coral reef that encloses a lagoon.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a convergent plate boundary?

<p>A plate boundary where two tectonic plates collide.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a transform plate boundary?

<p>A plate boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is cohesion?

<p>The attraction between molecules of the same substance.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is salinity?

<p>The amount of dissolved salts in a body of water.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the Coriolis effect?

<p>The apparent deflection of moving objects due to Earth's rotation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does wavelength refer to?

<p>The distance between two consecutive crests or troughs of a wave.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the crest of a wave?

<p>The highest point of a wave.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does hydrogenous refer to?

<p>Sediment formed by precipitation of minerals from seawater.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the photic zone?

<p>The upper layer of the ocean where sunlight penetrates and supports photosynthesis by marine plants.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a spring tide?

<p>A tide with a large tidal range, occurring during a new or full moon.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a neap tide?

<p>A tide with a small tidal range, occurring during a first or third quarter moon.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a diurnal tide?

<p>A tide with one high tide and one low tide per day.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a mixed semi-diurnal tide?

<p>A tide with two high tides and two low tides per day, but the highs and lows have different heights.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does a water molecule consist of?

<p>One oxygen atom and two hydrogen atoms.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why does ice float in water?

<p>Because ice is less dense than liquid water.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the chemical equation for the most common type of oceanic salt (table salt)?

<p>NaCl</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a molecule with a positive and negative end on opposite sides called?

<p>A polar molecule.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the formula for density?

<p>Density = Mass / Volume.</p> Signup and view all the answers

97% of water on the Earth is located in ______.

<p>the ocean</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which direction does Coriolis effect travel in the northern hemisphere?

<p>To the right</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do you do if you're stuck in a rip current?

<p>Don't fight it and swim parallel to the shore.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Semester 1 Review

  • Definitions: Write a full sentence definition for each vocabulary word on a separate piece of paper.
    • SCUBA - "Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus"
    • Trench - A long, narrow depression in the ocean floor
    • Continental Shelf - The gently sloping, shallow area of the ocean floor that extends outward from the edge of a continent
    • Abyssal Plain - A large, flat area of the deep ocean floor
    • Seamount - An underwater mountain
    • Mid-Ocean Ridge - An underwater mountain range
    • Lagoon - A shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by reefs or sandbars
    • Sea - A large body of saltwater
    • River - A natural flow of fresh water from higher to lower ground
    • Lake - A body of water surrounded by land.
    • Fringing Reef - A reef that forms close to and around the shore of an island or continent
    • Patch Reef - A coral reef that is isolated from other reefs
    • Surface Tension - The tendency of liquid surfaces to shrink into the minimum surface area possible.
    • Convection - The movement of heat from one place to another, mostly through fluid
    • Adhesion - The force that holds molecules of different substances together
    • Salinity - The concentration of dissolved salts in water.
    • Coriolis effect - An effect where the Earth's rotation causes moving objects to deflect to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere
    • Wavelength - The distance between two corresponding points on a wave.
    • Crest - The highest point on a wave
    • Hydrogenous - a sediment that was formed or precipitated from water
    • Cosmogenous - a sediment that formed from outer space
    • Photic Zone - The region of the ocean that receives sunlight
    • Spring tide - A tide that occurs when the sun, moon, and Earth are aligned
    • Diurnal - Occurring once a day
    • Mixed semi-diurnal - Two high tides and two low tides each day that are roughly the same height
    • Convergent Boundary - The boundary between two tectonic plates that are colliding
    • Transform Boundary - The boundary between two tectonic plates that are sliding past each other
    • Height - The vertical distance between the crest and trough of a wave
    • Trough - The lowest point on a wave
    • Terrigenous - a sediment that was formed on land
    • Biogenous - sediment/material that formed from the remains of organisms
    • Hotspot - A location on the Earth's surface where a plume of hot mantle material rises to the surface
    • Aphotic zone - The ocean zone that does not receive sunlight, usually below 200 meters
    • Neap tide - A tide that occurs when the sun, moon, and Earth form a right angle
    • Semi-diurnal - Two high tides and two low tides each day; they are approximately the same height
    • Swells - large, long waves that are formed by storms or other disturbances far from the shore

Additional Questions and Answers

  • A water molecule consists of one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms
  • Ice floats in water because the ice is less dense than the liquid water
  • Chemical equation for oceanic salt (table salt): NaCl
  • A molecule with positive and negative ends is called a polar molecule
  • Formula for density: D = M/V (density = mass/volume)
  • 97% of Earth's water is located in the oceans
  • Coriolis effect deflects to the right in the Northern Hemisphere
  • If stuck in a rip current, float with the current and swim parallel to the shore

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