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Oceanography Test Review
Quiz by Michele Bahm
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Which of the following would INCREASE salinity in a location?
Downwelling delivers water from the surface to the deep that is rich in
The water of the Amazon River often looks brown, due to run-off of sediment upstream. This water has a ____________________.
The thermocline is
Why does ice float?
A water molecule is held together by
 During an El Nino year, the tradewinds _______
________ In the chart above, what type of tide is occurring where the star is located?
The Ocean Conveyor Belt is also called thermohaline circulation because it is driven by _______
 In the chart above, what is the tidal range?
 Which of the following is NOT a major factor affecting ocean currents?
 Which of the following is not true of the Gulf Stream?
What would be the approximate age of rock C?
 Which is NOT true of a spring tide?
A location with a diurnal tide will experience low tide every
If high tide occurs every 12 hours, then the location has a __________ tide.
Which Hawaiian island is the oldest?
Alfred Wegener proposed the Theory of
Which of the following is NOT true of the Mariana Trench?
Which layer is made of basalt and granite?
The deepest trench is the
What does the magnetic information stored in rocks tell us about the seafloor?
The North American Plate and the Eurasian Plate meet in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. They are
Which ocean is getting larger?