Practice Ocean Test (4) PDF
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This document contains a practice test on oceanography, covering topics such as thermohaline circulation, waves, and tides. It includes questions about the factors influencing wave propagation and properties of tides.
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7. What is thermohaline circulation 8. Describe how deep ocean and surface circulations combine to create global water moveme 9. Be familiar with the shoreline features created by wave erosion, including wave-cut platform cliffs, terraces, and sea arches and stacks, and those resulting from sedim...
7. What is thermohaline circulation 8. Describe how deep ocean and surface circulations combine to create global water moveme 9. Be familiar with the shoreline features created by wave erosion, including wave-cut platform cliffs, terraces, and sea arches and stacks, and those resulting from sediment deposition, including spits, bars, tombolos, and barrier islands. 10. Know the parts of a wave. 11. At what depth does a wave feel bottom? At what depth does a wave break? 12. What are tides? What causes them? 13. What are the relative positions of the Earth, Moon, and Sun during a spring tide? During a neap tide? 14. What Moon phases are associated with spring and neap tides? 15. Be familiar with the three categories of tidal patterns.
