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OCEANS FINAL Exam Questions With
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The first person to circumnavigate Earth was Amerigo Vespucci. - answer✔False
Matthew F. Maury produced the first published atlas of sea conditions and sailing directions. -
answer✔True
The most significant advantage of satellite oceanography is - answer✔the oceans are studied as a
global system.
The Scandinavian oceanographer, Fridtjof Nansen, studied the Arctic Ocean on board the
specially designed vessel, Fram. - answer✔True
The Polynesians used many navigational aides to accomplish long open ocean voyages. -
answer✔True
The earth is currently operating in a no-analogue state. - answer✔True
The main purpose of the Challenger Expedition was to find new fishing areas for England. -
answer✔False
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________ feedbacks lead to instability and ________ change in the system. - answer✔Positive;
speed up
Which of the following organisms are of the greatest interest to *most* biological
oceanographers? (i.e. they can provide us with the most information about the ocean) -
answer✔microbes
Earth's physical, chemical, and biological processes act independently of one another. -
answer✔False
Eratosthenes' estimate of Earth's circumference wasn't even close to being correct. -
answer✔False
Which of these organizations are involved in the study of Earth systems? - answer✔NASA
World Climate Program
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
International Geopshere Biopshere Program
All of these are correct.
Viking voyages to North America are believed to predate Columbus' voyage to the new world. -
answer✔True
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Oceanography may be described as a collection of basic sciences that are applied to the sea. -
answer✔True
Sailors were able to find longitude at sea before they could measure latitude. - answer✔False
Keeping accurate time at sea is necessary to make - answer✔measurements of longitude and
accurate maps.
Sediment thickness on the oceanic crust tends to be greatest in the center of ocean basins? -
answer✔False
The deepest earthquakes occur in subduction zones at oceanic-oceanic plate convergent
boundaries. - answer✔True
During the next magnetic reversal, the magnetic force field surrounding Earth will shift by about
- answer✔180
Which of the Earth's layers has the greatest density? - answer✔Core
Volcanic activity is common at transform plate boundaries. - answer✔False
When talking about plate tectonics, which of the Earth's layers comprises the plates? -
answer✔Lithosphere
The San Andreas fault is an example of a transform fault. - answer✔True
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The midocean ridges and rises are spreading centers where new oceanic crust is created. -
answer✔True
S waves are able to travel through both solid and liquid. - answer✔False
Oceanic-type crust is more dense than continental-type crust. - answer✔True
Volcanic activity occurs at all of the following except: - answer✔convergent boundaries between
two continental plates.
ocean ridges.
Earth's inner core is liquid whereas its outer core is solid. - answer✔False
The mechanism causing lithospheric plates to move is thought to be - answer✔a combination of
convection in the mantle and "slab pull" caused by subducting lithosphere.
The theory of drifting continents was proposed by - answer✔Alfred Wegener.
Which of the following are reasonable units of measurement for density? - answer✔g/cm 3
The present oceans have been created during the last - answer✔225 million years.
The particle size of terrigenous sediments generally ________ with distance from shore -
answer✔Decreases
Flat-topped, submerged seamounts are referred to as - answer✔guyots
11/3/2024 10:54 PM
OCEANS FINAL Exam Questions With
100% Verified Answers
The first person to circumnavigate Earth was Amerigo Vespucci. - answer✔False
Matthew F. Maury produced the first published atlas of sea conditions and sailing directions. -
answer✔True
The most significant advantage of satellite oceanography is - answer✔the oceans are studied as a
global system.
The Scandinavian oceanographer, Fridtjof Nansen, studied the Arctic Ocean on board the
specially designed vessel, Fram. - answer✔True
The Polynesians used many navigational aides to accomplish long open ocean voyages. -
answer✔True
The earth is currently operating in a no-analogue state. - answer✔True
The main purpose of the Challenger Expedition was to find new fishing areas for England. -
answer✔False
, ©SIRJOEL EXAM SOLUTIONS
11/3/2024 10:54 PM
________ feedbacks lead to instability and ________ change in the system. - answer✔Positive;
speed up
Which of the following organisms are of the greatest interest to *most* biological
oceanographers? (i.e. they can provide us with the most information about the ocean) -
answer✔microbes
Earth's physical, chemical, and biological processes act independently of one another. -
answer✔False
Eratosthenes' estimate of Earth's circumference wasn't even close to being correct. -
answer✔False
Which of these organizations are involved in the study of Earth systems? - answer✔NASA
World Climate Program
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
International Geopshere Biopshere Program
All of these are correct.
Viking voyages to North America are believed to predate Columbus' voyage to the new world. -
answer✔True
, ©SIRJOEL EXAM SOLUTIONS
11/3/2024 10:54 PM
Oceanography may be described as a collection of basic sciences that are applied to the sea. -
answer✔True
Sailors were able to find longitude at sea before they could measure latitude. - answer✔False
Keeping accurate time at sea is necessary to make - answer✔measurements of longitude and
accurate maps.
Sediment thickness on the oceanic crust tends to be greatest in the center of ocean basins? -
answer✔False
The deepest earthquakes occur in subduction zones at oceanic-oceanic plate convergent
boundaries. - answer✔True
During the next magnetic reversal, the magnetic force field surrounding Earth will shift by about
- answer✔180
Which of the Earth's layers has the greatest density? - answer✔Core
Volcanic activity is common at transform plate boundaries. - answer✔False
When talking about plate tectonics, which of the Earth's layers comprises the plates? -
answer✔Lithosphere
The San Andreas fault is an example of a transform fault. - answer✔True
, ©SIRJOEL EXAM SOLUTIONS
11/3/2024 10:54 PM
The midocean ridges and rises are spreading centers where new oceanic crust is created. -
answer✔True
S waves are able to travel through both solid and liquid. - answer✔False
Oceanic-type crust is more dense than continental-type crust. - answer✔True
Volcanic activity occurs at all of the following except: - answer✔convergent boundaries between
two continental plates.
ocean ridges.
Earth's inner core is liquid whereas its outer core is solid. - answer✔False
The mechanism causing lithospheric plates to move is thought to be - answer✔a combination of
convection in the mantle and "slab pull" caused by subducting lithosphere.
The theory of drifting continents was proposed by - answer✔Alfred Wegener.
Which of the following are reasonable units of measurement for density? - answer✔g/cm 3
The present oceans have been created during the last - answer✔225 million years.
The particle size of terrigenous sediments generally ________ with distance from shore -
answer✔Decreases
Flat-topped, submerged seamounts are referred to as - answer✔guyots
