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known as the father of modern oceanography

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James Cook

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layers of earth based on physical properties

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inner core
outer core
mesosphere
asthenosphere
lithosphere
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he first oriented maps

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ptolemy

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gave the world its first system of latitude and longitude

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erastosthenes

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first full time oceanographer

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matthew fontaine maury

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main scientist that thought of plate tectonics

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alfred wegner

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what was the significance of the challenger expedition

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it showed that science is profitable

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the first professor of oceanography who was also the captain of the fram

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Fridtjof Nansen

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who made the number 4 chronometer

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john harrison

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9
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which waves dont travel thru liquids

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S-Waves

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what percentage of water on earths surface is salt water

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97.5%

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the scientifically accepted idea of how the solar system was created is known as the

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nebular hypothesis

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12
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oceanographic institutions

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woods hole
scripps institute
lamont doherty

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13
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JOIDES

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joint oceanographic institute for deep earth sampling

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14
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the average depth of the oceans

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12500 ft

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15
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a land occupies approximately what % of earth’s surface

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30%

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16
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the challenger deep is approximately

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36,163 ft

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17
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a single depth measurement is known as a

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sounding

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18
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what is the name of the vessel that went to the challenger deep first

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trieste

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19
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bathymetry asks

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how deep is the water

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20
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which occupies the most area of earth’s surface

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ocean basin floors

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21
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a landmass from somewhere else is known as an accreted or

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exotic terrain

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22
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the average elevation of land is

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2800 ft

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which of the following was one of the people to go to the challenger deep

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don walsh

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four forces that drive plate tectonics

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convection
slab pull
slab suction
ridge push

25
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6 stages of the wilson cycle

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embryonic
juvenile
mature
declining
terminal 
suturing
26
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ways to sample sediments of sea floor

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clam shell scoop
piston core
short core

27
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what created the strange sea floor topography off the coast of Texas

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salt domes

28
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where do black smokers come from

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mid ocean ridges

29
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four types of sediment based on the source of sediment

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cosmogenous
terrigenous
hydrogenous
biogenous

30
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windrows are caused by

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langmuir circulation

31
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what is the opposite condition of El Niño

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La Niña

32
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in terms of waves, fetch refers to

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the distance wind is in contact with the water

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the effect of ekman transport is that in general, water moves

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90 degrees to the direction of the wind

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constructive interference causes the resulting wave to

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be larger

35
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what triggers tsunamis

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1) earthquakes
2) meteor impacts
3) landslides
4) volcanic eruptions

36
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the word tsunami means

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harbor wave

37
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a wave train moves at …. the speed of an individual wave

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half

38
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the largest average wind waves occur in

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west wind drift

39
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4 things that will make waves

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1) wind
2) landslides
3) earthquakes
4) earth’s rotation/ gravity

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the longer the wavelength the … the speed

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the faster

41
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a wave thats much larger than other waves in the area is

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a rogue wave

42
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tides are created by

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1) the sun
2) the moon
3) earths rotation

43
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types of tide patterns

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1) mixed
2) diurnal
3) semi-diurnal

44
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occur when there is a full moon or a new moon

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spring tides

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diffraction causes

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new waves to form

46
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when water drains away from the coast

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a tsunami is coming

47
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increase beach erosion

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groins

48
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beaches typically have more sand during the

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summer

49
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which state has the highest percentage of critical erosion along its coastline

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california

50
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types of estuaries

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1) Bar-built
2) tectonic
3) drowned river mouth
4) fjord

51
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the coastline along California is mostly considered

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emergent

52
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features along submergent coastlines

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1) barrier islands
2) lagoons
3) bay mouth bar
4) tombolo

53
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3 types of deltas

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1) river dominated
- -> Mississippi River
2) tide dominated
- -> Colorado River
3) wave dominated
- -> Nile River

54
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marine primary productivity is high

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:at the equator
:near coasts
:where upwelling occurs

55
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or chemical components for life

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:carbon
:oxygen
:hydrogen
:nitrogen

56
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:is a fact
:is observable in nature
:demonstrated in the fossil record

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evolution

57
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kingdoms of the linnean system of classification

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:animalia
:plantae
:fungi
:bacteria

58
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which was the most severe mass extinction

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End Permian

59
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3 zones based on sunlight

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euphotic
disphotic
aphotic

60
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deepest benthic zone

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hadal zone

61
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the theory of evolution is known as the

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darwin-wallace theory of evolution

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