MARINE AFFAIRS URI MIDTERM EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2025/2026
What is a reference frame? - ANS different perspectives...Physical, Relational, Technocratic
What does physical mean? - ANS set of standards used to understand the physical aspects of
marine environment
What does Relational mean? - ANS personal connection
What does technocratic mean? - ANS control as a government body.. manage
How do the different reference frames relate to one another? - ANS they are interconnected
and can complement each other in understanding and addressing complex real-world issues.
How big is the ocean? - ANS about 71% of the earths surface
Is there one ocean or many? - ANS Many.. 4 main ones: Arctic, Atlantic, Pacific, Indian
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, What are the types of margins around continental plates? - ANS Divergent, convergent, and
plate boundries
Where is the divergent margin? - ANS Mid ocean
Where is the convergent margin? - ANS surface
Where is the plate boundries margin? - ANS surface
Where is new crust formed? - ANS Mid-ocean
Where is old crust destroyed? - ANS convergent zones
How would you define the vertical zones of the ocean? - ANS amount of light that penetrates
the ocean waters
What are the main factors that define these zones? - ANS Light, temperature
What is a gyre? - ANS circular currents
What is the sea surface like? - ANS Epipelagic... most light, warm.. most nutrients at the top
layer
What is the seafloor like? - ANS mesopelagic...dark, colder, high pressure, less nutrients
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2025/2026
What is a reference frame? - ANS different perspectives...Physical, Relational, Technocratic
What does physical mean? - ANS set of standards used to understand the physical aspects of
marine environment
What does Relational mean? - ANS personal connection
What does technocratic mean? - ANS control as a government body.. manage
How do the different reference frames relate to one another? - ANS they are interconnected
and can complement each other in understanding and addressing complex real-world issues.
How big is the ocean? - ANS about 71% of the earths surface
Is there one ocean or many? - ANS Many.. 4 main ones: Arctic, Atlantic, Pacific, Indian
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, What are the types of margins around continental plates? - ANS Divergent, convergent, and
plate boundries
Where is the divergent margin? - ANS Mid ocean
Where is the convergent margin? - ANS surface
Where is the plate boundries margin? - ANS surface
Where is new crust formed? - ANS Mid-ocean
Where is old crust destroyed? - ANS convergent zones
How would you define the vertical zones of the ocean? - ANS amount of light that penetrates
the ocean waters
What are the main factors that define these zones? - ANS Light, temperature
What is a gyre? - ANS circular currents
What is the sea surface like? - ANS Epipelagic... most light, warm.. most nutrients at the top
layer
What is the seafloor like? - ANS mesopelagic...dark, colder, high pressure, less nutrients
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