Oceanic ridges are features that are part of the Abyssal Plain.
Trenches are formed when two plates collide and one dips underneath the other
The members of the Arthropoda Phylum are known for having a chitinous exoskeleton and jointed appendages.
Density decreases as the temperature of the water increases.
Charles Darwin was the famous naturalist responsible for the development of the bongo nets which were used to capture plankton - and he also developed the theory of evolution.
Sonar was the technological device, still used today in the study of oceanography, that was developed during WWII.
Pelagic refers to the open water ocean environment
The sea floor is created at ridges and destroyed at trenches
Products of photosynthesis reactions include oxygen and food (organic matter, such as glucose)
Sea temperature changes very slowly. This is directly related to water's heat capacity
The surface layer of the ocean that is penetrated by sunlight is defined as the photic zone.
The picture above depicts a coastal upwelling in the Northern hemisphere.
Blue is the color you would see the most of at 100 meters in depth.
The epipelagic (or upper) layer will be less saline at the equator than at the mid-latitudes because the area near the equator experience more precipitation.
Gyres are large geographic circular systems of surface currents fond in every ocean basin.
The distance between two adjacent wave crests, called the wavelength, will decrease as the wave moves onto shore.
The Hawksbill sea turtle "cries" salty tears from special glands near its eyes in order to regulate its internal salt concentration.
The shallow part of the continental margin that is closer to land is known as the continental shelf.
Tides are caused by the gravitational attraction of the moon and the sun.
Growth, reproduction, metabolism, and the reaction to the external environment are all characteristics of living things.
Spring tides occur during full and new moons (when the earth, moon and sun are in line)
An organism like a starfish (sea star) makes a living by searching for food on the ocean bottom. Thus, a sea star would be considered a benthic organism.
In a sponge, the cells responsible for trapping food particles and creating a current of water that will move through the pores and out the osculum are called collar cells (choanocytes).
The equator is the geographic region of the ocean that you would expect to have the lowest salinity.
During the process of cellular respiration solar energy stored in organic molecules by photosynthesis is released during breakdown of those organic molecules
Salinity will increase and dissolved oxygen will decrease in a tide pool during a low tide on a hot summer day if the tide pool is located in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico
The Coriolis effect is the direct result of the rotation of the earth
If a diver took a yellow ball 10 meters below the surface it would look yellow - if would reflect yellow light because that is what is available at these depths.
When the tidal range is very large ( having the highest and lowest tides of the month) these tides are call spring tides.
Eukaryotes have membrane-bound organelles in their cells
Marine organisms who control their internal salt concentrations, and often maintain blood ion concentrations that are different from the surrounding seawater are considered to be osmoregulators
Typical marine fishes tend to lose water by osmosis since their internal salt concentration is lower than that of seawater
The term "ectotherms" is applied to those organisms where the internal temperature varies with the of the environment
Sea temperature changes very slowly. This is directly related to water's heat capacity
False Statement: Autotrophs only perform photosynthesis and do not perform cellular respiration.
Molecules tend to move from areas of higher concentration to areas of lower concentration.
In cells and in multicellular organisms proteins are one of the four building blocks of life and may be involved in speeding up chemical reactions and may be used for structural support and do not function well, if at all, at extreme temperatures
Marine plants and algae survive changes in salinity by having a rigid cell wall that resists swelling due to osmotic water gain
The organisms in the Mollusca Phylum are typically have shells and include clams, snails, squid and octopus
The following depicts the correct sequence of events for sexual reproduction: fertilization, zygote, embryo, larva
Members of the Echinodermata Phylum all have "spiny skins" and pentaradial (5-part) symmetry
Carbohydrates, Proteins, Lipids, and Nucleic acids are the four main groups of organic compounds that make up almost all living things.
Porifera is a heterotrophic organism in the Kingdom Animalia; a sessile suspension feeder that lacks true tissues and is capable of both asexual and sexual reproduction.
A group of mussels, all of the same species, living together on a rocky beach would be an example of a population.
This oceanographic phenomenon involves wind-driven motion of dense, cooler (usually nutrient-rich) water toward the ocean surface, replacing the warmer (usually nutrient-depleted) to the surface is known as upwelling.
The youngest part of the ocean floor in the Atlantic would be the middle of the mid-Atlantic ridge system.
Arthropods are the most successful of all of the marine invertebrates. Which of the following is NOT an innovation that has lead to their success: exoskeleton, endoskeleton, jointed appendages or none of the above.
endoskeleton
One day while searching the intertidal zone, you discover an octopus egg. The egg does not change size when placed in seawater. What would happen if the egg was placed in fresh water? It would swell.
The earth's continents and ocean floors are in motion in a process called continental drift.
Which statement best describes what happens to a wave as it comes ashore? Wave height would increase while the bottom of the wave would slow down.
An underwater landslide (downward movement of a plate) triggered by an earthquake is the usual trigger of a tsunami.
Fiji Islands ● Caspian Sea ● Aleutian Islands ● Gulf of Alaska ● San Francisco Bay ● Canary Islands
Bering Sea ● Cape of Good Hope ● Costa Rica ● Gulf of California ● Philippine Sea
St. Lawrence Seaway ● Strait of Juan de Fuca
Belize ● Mediterranean Sea ● Hudson Bay ● Norwegian Sea ●
