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Ocean 101 Midterm Exam Questions With
Correct Answers A+
Latitude lines on map - Answer✔North to South (Though lines on map are horizontal)
Longitude lines on map - Answer✔East to West (Though lines on map are vertical)
Max latitude number - Answer✔90 degree North
Max longitude number - Answer✔180 degree East
How many minutes in a degree/seconds in a minute - Answer✔60 minutes = 1 degree
How coordinates are indicated (decimal vs degree, minute, second & what order they are in) -
Answer✔Decimal Degrees: (Lat, Long)
Degree, Minutes, Seconds: (latitude degrees° minutes' seconds" direction, longitude degrees°
minutes' seconds" direction)
degrees, minutes, direction
Define bathymetry - Answer✔the measurement of depth of water in oceans, seas, or lakes.
Identify a knoll, bay, canyon on map - Answer✔Knoll: little hill
Bay: next to land
Canyon: small gully
Bathymetry vs topography - Answer✔Bathymetry: study of water depth
Topography: study of Earth's surfaces
Know what a line of bathymetry indicates - Answer✔oceans depth relative to sea level
Be able to differentiate among the definitions/descriptions for terrigenous, hydrogenous,
biogenous, and lithogenous sediments - Answer✔Terrigenous: formed from erosion/weathering
Hydrogenous: formed by chemical processes in the ocean
Biogenous: formed from skeletons, shells, etc.
Ocean 101 Midterm Exam Questions With
Correct Answers A+
Latitude lines on map - Answer✔North to South (Though lines on map are horizontal)
Longitude lines on map - Answer✔East to West (Though lines on map are vertical)
Max latitude number - Answer✔90 degree North
Max longitude number - Answer✔180 degree East
How many minutes in a degree/seconds in a minute - Answer✔60 minutes = 1 degree
How coordinates are indicated (decimal vs degree, minute, second & what order they are in) -
Answer✔Decimal Degrees: (Lat, Long)
Degree, Minutes, Seconds: (latitude degrees° minutes' seconds" direction, longitude degrees°
minutes' seconds" direction)
degrees, minutes, direction
Define bathymetry - Answer✔the measurement of depth of water in oceans, seas, or lakes.
Identify a knoll, bay, canyon on map - Answer✔Knoll: little hill
Bay: next to land
Canyon: small gully
Bathymetry vs topography - Answer✔Bathymetry: study of water depth
Topography: study of Earth's surfaces
Know what a line of bathymetry indicates - Answer✔oceans depth relative to sea level
Be able to differentiate among the definitions/descriptions for terrigenous, hydrogenous,
biogenous, and lithogenous sediments - Answer✔Terrigenous: formed from erosion/weathering
Hydrogenous: formed by chemical processes in the ocean
Biogenous: formed from skeletons, shells, etc.
