Investigating Oceanography 3rd Editin By By Keith Sverdrup - Test Bank

,Investigating Oceanography, 3e (Sverdrup)
Chapter 1 The Water Planet

1) Identify all of the planets that are rich in metals and rocky materials.
A) Saturn
B) Mercury
C) Venus
D) Uranus
E) Jupiter
F) Earth
G) Neptune
H) Mars

Answer: B, C, F, H
Section: 01.01 Cosmic Beginnings
Topic: Cosmic Beginnings
Bloom's: 1. Remember
Gradable: automatic
Chapter: 01 The Water Planet

2) Identify all of the planets that are rich in ices of water, ammonia, and methane.
A) Saturn
B) Mercury
C) Venus
D) Uranus
E) Jupiter
F) Earth
G) Neptune
H) Mars

Answer: A, D, E, G
Section: 01.01 Cosmic Beginnings
Topic: Cosmic Beginnings
Bloom's: 1. Remember
Gradable: automatic
Chapter: 01 The Water Planet

3) If the axial rotation of Earth slowed, the day-to-night temperature variation on Earth's surface
would decrease.

Answer: FALSE
Section: 01.02 Earth's Age and Time
Topic: Earth's Age and Time
Bloom's: 1. Remember
Gradable: automatic
Chapter: 01 The Water Planet
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,4) Radiometric dating is based on the rate at which a radioactive isotope decays.

Answer: TRUE
Section: 01.02 Earth's Age and Time
Topic: Earth's Age and Time
Bloom's: 1. Remember
Gradable: automatic
Chapter: 01 The Water Planet

5) When viewed from above the South Pole, Earth rotates clockwise.

Answer: TRUE
Section: 01.04 Where on Earth Are You?
Topic: Where on Earth Are You?
Bloom's: 1. Remember
Gradable: automatic
Chapter: 01 The Water Planet

6) When crossing the international date line from east to west, the date increases by one day.

Answer: TRUE
Section: 01.04 Where on Earth Are You?
Topic: Where on Earth Are You?
Bloom's: 1. Remember
Gradable: automatic
Chapter: 01 The Water Planet

7) Determination of the latitude requires that the time be kept very accurately.

Answer: FALSE
Section: 01.04 Where on Earth Are You?
Topic: Where on Earth Are You?
Bloom's: 1. Remember
Gradable: automatic
Chapter: 01 The Water Planet

8) All latitude circles are great circles.

Answer: FALSE
Section: 01.04 Where on Earth Are You?
Topic: Where on Earth Are You?
Bloom's: 1. Remember
Gradable: automatic
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, 9) Earth turns westward as it rotates on its axis.

Answer: FALSE
Section: 01.04 Where on Earth Are You?
Topic: Where on Earth Are You?
Bloom's: 1. Remember
Gradable: automatic
Chapter: 01 The Water Planet

10) The residence time of water in the atmosphere is equal to the residence time of water in the
oceans.

Answer: FALSE
Section: 01.06 Earth Is a Water Planet
Topic: Earth Is a Water Planet
Bloom's: 1. Remember
Gradable: automatic
Chapter: 01 The Water Planet

11) The hydrologic cycle requires an excess of evaporation over precipitation as averaged over
the world's oceans.

Answer: TRUE
Section: 01.06 Earth Is a Water Planet
Topic: Earth Is a Water Planet
Bloom's: 1. Remember
Gradable: automatic
Chapter: 01 The Water Planet

12) The middle latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere have about equal areas devoted to both
land and water.

Answer: TRUE
Section: 01.06 Earth Is a Water Planet
Topic: Earth Is a Water Planet
Bloom's: 1. Remember
Gradable: automatic
Chapter: 01 The Water Planet




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