Test Bank For
Inves�ga�ng
Oceanography 4 th
Edi�on By Keith
Sverdrup, Raphael
Kudela (All Chapters
100% Original Verified
A+ Grade)
,Chapter 1
Student name:__________
TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
1) If the axial rotation of Earth slowed, the day-to-night temperature variation on Earth's surface
would decrease.
⊚ true
⊚ false
2) Radiometric dating is based on the rate at which a radioactive isotope decays.
⊚ true
⊚ false
3) When viewed from above the South Pole, Earth rotates clockwise.
⊚ true
⊚ false
4) When crossing the international date line from east to west, the date increases by one day.
⊚ true
⊚ false
5) Determination of the latitude requires that the time be kept very accurately.
⊚ true
⊚ false
6) All latitude circles are great circles.
⊚ true
⊚ false
7) Earth turns westward as it rotates on its axis.
⊚ true
⊚ false
8) The residence time of water in the atmosphere is equal to the residence time of water in the
oceans.
⊚ true
⊚ false
9) The hydrologic cycle requires an excess of evaporation over precipitation as averaged over
the world's oceans.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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10) The middle latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere have about equal areas devoted to both land
and water.
⊚ true
⊚ false
11) The sidereal day is more constant and shorter than the solar day.
⊚ true
⊚ false
12) Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are smaller in size and closer to the Sun than Jupiter,
Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune.
⊚ true
⊚ false
13) There is more land located in the Northern Hemisphere than in the Southern Hemisphere.
⊚ true
⊚ false
14) Water is moved through the hydrologic cycle at different rates and in different directions in
each climate zone.
⊚ true
⊚ false
15) Our solar system is part of the Milky Way galaxy.
⊚ true
⊚ false
16) The Milky Way galaxy formed from an expanding nebula.
⊚ true
⊚ false
17) The Milky Way galaxy contains about 100-400 billion stars.
⊚ true
⊚ false
18) Earth rotates on its axis from west to east.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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19) On average, water in a river will have a longer residence time than water in the oceans.
⊚ true
⊚ false
20) The magnetic field surrounding Jupiter's moons may be the result of salt water bodies.
⊚ true
⊚ false
21) If a sea exists on Jupiter's moon Europa, it is probably much smaller and shallower than the
Earth's ocean.
⊚ true
⊚ false
22) There is no evidence of a past or present ocean on any planet but Earth.
⊚ true
⊚ false
23) Free oxygen was a common constituent of the Earth's early atmosphere.
⊚ true
⊚ false
24) On the autumnal equinox, every place on Earth experiences 12 hours of daylight and 12
hours of darkness.
⊚ true
⊚ false
25) Lines of latitude are known as meridians.
⊚ true
⊚ false
26) Planets exist outside of our solar system.
⊚ true
⊚ false
27) A cluster rarely contains more than 10 galaxies.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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Inves�ga�ng
Oceanography 4 th
Edi�on By Keith
Sverdrup, Raphael
Kudela (All Chapters
100% Original Verified
A+ Grade)
,Chapter 1
Student name:__________
TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
1) If the axial rotation of Earth slowed, the day-to-night temperature variation on Earth's surface
would decrease.
⊚ true
⊚ false
2) Radiometric dating is based on the rate at which a radioactive isotope decays.
⊚ true
⊚ false
3) When viewed from above the South Pole, Earth rotates clockwise.
⊚ true
⊚ false
4) When crossing the international date line from east to west, the date increases by one day.
⊚ true
⊚ false
5) Determination of the latitude requires that the time be kept very accurately.
⊚ true
⊚ false
6) All latitude circles are great circles.
⊚ true
⊚ false
7) Earth turns westward as it rotates on its axis.
⊚ true
⊚ false
8) The residence time of water in the atmosphere is equal to the residence time of water in the
oceans.
⊚ true
⊚ false
9) The hydrologic cycle requires an excess of evaporation over precipitation as averaged over
the world's oceans.
⊚ true
⊚ false
Version 1 1
,Chapter 1
10) The middle latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere have about equal areas devoted to both land
and water.
⊚ true
⊚ false
11) The sidereal day is more constant and shorter than the solar day.
⊚ true
⊚ false
12) Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are smaller in size and closer to the Sun than Jupiter,
Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune.
⊚ true
⊚ false
13) There is more land located in the Northern Hemisphere than in the Southern Hemisphere.
⊚ true
⊚ false
14) Water is moved through the hydrologic cycle at different rates and in different directions in
each climate zone.
⊚ true
⊚ false
15) Our solar system is part of the Milky Way galaxy.
⊚ true
⊚ false
16) The Milky Way galaxy formed from an expanding nebula.
⊚ true
⊚ false
17) The Milky Way galaxy contains about 100-400 billion stars.
⊚ true
⊚ false
18) Earth rotates on its axis from west to east.
⊚ true
⊚ false
Version 1 2
, Chapter 1
19) On average, water in a river will have a longer residence time than water in the oceans.
⊚ true
⊚ false
20) The magnetic field surrounding Jupiter's moons may be the result of salt water bodies.
⊚ true
⊚ false
21) If a sea exists on Jupiter's moon Europa, it is probably much smaller and shallower than the
Earth's ocean.
⊚ true
⊚ false
22) There is no evidence of a past or present ocean on any planet but Earth.
⊚ true
⊚ false
23) Free oxygen was a common constituent of the Earth's early atmosphere.
⊚ true
⊚ false
24) On the autumnal equinox, every place on Earth experiences 12 hours of daylight and 12
hours of darkness.
⊚ true
⊚ false
25) Lines of latitude are known as meridians.
⊚ true
⊚ false
26) Planets exist outside of our solar system.
⊚ true
⊚ false
27) A cluster rarely contains more than 10 galaxies.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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