OCEAN 100 MIDTERM 1 STUDY GUIDE
Scientific Theory - Answers - structure of ideas that explain a wide range of
observations
Geology's main theory - Answers - plate tectonics
Biology's main theory - Answers - evolution by natural selection
Physics' main theory - Answers - relativity/laws of gravity and motion
Astronomy's main theory - Answers - the big bang
Fields in oceanography - Answers - biology, geography, geology, chemistry, physics,
astronomy, engineering
The Scientific Method - Answers - observation, hypothesis, testing, theory
Atmosphere - Answers - the protective bubble in which we live
Biosphere - Answers - all ecosystems on Earth
Hydrosphere - Answers - the sum of Earth's water
Lithosphere - Answers - outer part of the earth, crust and upper mantle
Block Diagram - Answers - 3-dimensional view
Map Diagram - Answers - view from above
Cross Sectional Diagram - Answers - interior/side view
Mercater Projection - Answers - distorts the size of objects in latitude in polar regions
97 - Answers - percent of earth oceans are
Glaciers - Answers - the water that is not in the ocean
Antarctica - Answers - south pole
Greenland - Answers - north pole
Himalaya Mountains - Answers - tallest mountains in the world
Trenches - Answers - deepest sections of the oceans
, Shelves - Answers - very shallow ocean
Pacific Ocean - Answers - the biggest ocean
Arctic Ocean - Answers - the smallest ocean/shallowest ocean surrounded by shelves
71 - Answers - ocean's percent of surface area on earth
3800 km - Answers - average depth of the oceans
Mariana Trench - Answers - the deepest ocean, and oldest sea floor, cold and dense
0-200 million - Answers - range of ages of the seafloor (not very old compared to the
continents)
400 billion - Answers - age of the oceans
4 degrees C - Answers - average temperature of the oceans
Hydrogen, Oxygen, Cloride, Sodium - Answers - most abundant elements in the ocean
(water & salt)
4.6 billion - Answers - the age of our solar system
Super Nova - Answers - great explosion of a star, causes a solar nebula
Nebula - Answers - cloud of gas and dust (initial stage of solar system)
Solar Nebula Disk Model - Answers - diagram of our solar system and its formation
Terrestial Planets - Answers - planets between the sun and asteriod belt in our solar
system
Jovial Planets - Answers - planets outside of the asteriod belt in our solar system
Inner Oceans - Answers - youngest part of the sea floor
Outer Oceans - Answers - oldest part of the sea floor
Density - Answers - mass/volume
1 g/cm^3 - Answers - density of water
Density Differentiation - Answers - denser metals (iron & nickel) to core, lighter silicate
rocks to surface
Scientific Theory - Answers - structure of ideas that explain a wide range of
observations
Geology's main theory - Answers - plate tectonics
Biology's main theory - Answers - evolution by natural selection
Physics' main theory - Answers - relativity/laws of gravity and motion
Astronomy's main theory - Answers - the big bang
Fields in oceanography - Answers - biology, geography, geology, chemistry, physics,
astronomy, engineering
The Scientific Method - Answers - observation, hypothesis, testing, theory
Atmosphere - Answers - the protective bubble in which we live
Biosphere - Answers - all ecosystems on Earth
Hydrosphere - Answers - the sum of Earth's water
Lithosphere - Answers - outer part of the earth, crust and upper mantle
Block Diagram - Answers - 3-dimensional view
Map Diagram - Answers - view from above
Cross Sectional Diagram - Answers - interior/side view
Mercater Projection - Answers - distorts the size of objects in latitude in polar regions
97 - Answers - percent of earth oceans are
Glaciers - Answers - the water that is not in the ocean
Antarctica - Answers - south pole
Greenland - Answers - north pole
Himalaya Mountains - Answers - tallest mountains in the world
Trenches - Answers - deepest sections of the oceans
, Shelves - Answers - very shallow ocean
Pacific Ocean - Answers - the biggest ocean
Arctic Ocean - Answers - the smallest ocean/shallowest ocean surrounded by shelves
71 - Answers - ocean's percent of surface area on earth
3800 km - Answers - average depth of the oceans
Mariana Trench - Answers - the deepest ocean, and oldest sea floor, cold and dense
0-200 million - Answers - range of ages of the seafloor (not very old compared to the
continents)
400 billion - Answers - age of the oceans
4 degrees C - Answers - average temperature of the oceans
Hydrogen, Oxygen, Cloride, Sodium - Answers - most abundant elements in the ocean
(water & salt)
4.6 billion - Answers - the age of our solar system
Super Nova - Answers - great explosion of a star, causes a solar nebula
Nebula - Answers - cloud of gas and dust (initial stage of solar system)
Solar Nebula Disk Model - Answers - diagram of our solar system and its formation
Terrestial Planets - Answers - planets between the sun and asteriod belt in our solar
system
Jovial Planets - Answers - planets outside of the asteriod belt in our solar system
Inner Oceans - Answers - youngest part of the sea floor
Outer Oceans - Answers - oldest part of the sea floor
Density - Answers - mass/volume
1 g/cm^3 - Answers - density of water
Density Differentiation - Answers - denser metals (iron & nickel) to core, lighter silicate
rocks to surface
