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The Oceans - Chapter 1: Extent of the Oceans
Nearly ___ percent of the planet ...,
____ oceanography is concerned pr...,
____ oceanography is more concern...
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The Oceans - Chapter 1: Composition of Seawater
Saltwater is a complex ___ of salts,
What percentage by weight is seaw...,
How much salt would cover the oce...
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The Oceans - Chapter 1: Resources from Seawater
To obtain pure sodium chloride fo...,
How much of the world s salt is p...,
A resource derived from salt wate...
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The Oceans - Chapter 1: Ocean's Layered Structure
What are the three layers in the ...,
Why are temperatures highest at o...,
The mixing of the shallow waters ...
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The Oceans - Chapter 1: Brief History of Oceanography
Who is credited with publishing t...,
What ship made the historic 35 ye...,
Before the challenger explored th...
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The Oceans - Chapter 1: Earth Beneath the Sea
True or false the land under the ...,
What are the three major topograp...,
True or false we know more about ...
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The Oceans - Chapter 1: Continental Margins
What are the zones that make up t...,
This is the gently sloping submer...,
True or false the continental she...
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The Oceans - Chapter 1: Submarine Canyons and Turbidity Currents
What are submarine canyons,
Downslope movements of dense sedi...,
Why are turbidity currents agents...
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The Oceans - Chapter 1: Features of the Ocean Basin Floor
Long relatively narrow features t...,
Trenches are the sites where movi...,
What type of activity is associat...
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The Oceans - Chapter 1: Mid-ocean Ridges
The sites of sea floor spreading ...,
Mid ocean ridges represent more t...,
Ocean ridge systems are character...
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The Oceans - Chapter 1: Close Up View of Ocean Floor
What is the name of the pioneer r...,
Which submersible visiting a spre...,
What did the alvin discover about...
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The Oceans - Chapter 1: Coral Reefs and Atolls
These are constructed primary fro...,
What helps bind together the skel...,
What degree is best for the growt...
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The Oceans - Chapter 1: Sea Floor Sediments
Except for a few areas the ocean ...,
Even though deposits of sand size...,
Sea floor sediment is divided int...
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The Oceans - Chapter 2: Surface Currents
What sets surface waters in motion,
The gulf stream represents a port...,
When the atmosphere and ocean are...
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The Oceans - Chapter 2: Importance of Ocean Currents
Do currents have an effect on our...,
There is a net ___ of energy in t...,
The transfer of heat by winds and...
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The Oceans - Chapter 2: Deep Ocean Circulation
What governs deep ocean circulation,
What are the two factors signific...,
Sea water becomes denser with ___...
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The Oceans - Chapter 2: Tides
Periodic changes in the elevation...,
Tides result from the _____ exert...,
True or false he moon s gravitati...
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The Oceans - Chapter 2: Waves
Although it may not be readily ap...,
The ___ is a complex zone where u...,
Which type of wave provides most ...
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The Oceans - Chapter 2: Wave Erosion
Waves do most of their work durin...,
The great force of breaking waves...,
What happens when water is forced...
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The Oceans - Chapter 2: Wave Refraction and Longshore Transport
What is the bending of waves,
True or false waves always approa...,
When waves reach the shallow swat...
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The Oceans - Chapter 2: Shoreline Features
These form from the cutting actio...,
As erosion progresses rocks overh...,
What forms at first when a headla...
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The Oceans - Chapter 2: Shoreline Erosion Problems
True or false the shoreline can c...,
Name the factors associated with ...,
Typically barrier islands consist...
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The Oceans - Chapter 2: Emergent and Submeergent Coasts
Two types of coasts that are name...,
Emergent coasts develop because _...,
How are submergant coasts created
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