Ocean 100 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Ocean 100 Lab Practical 2 Study guide Wave crest - answerTop Wave Trough - answerBottom Wavelength - answeris the horizontal distance between two adjacent crests (or two adjacent crests (or two adjacent troughs) Wave Height - answeris the vertical distance between the crest (top) and trough (bottom) Wave speed - answerindicates how fast a wave is moving across the water Period (T) - answeris the time necessary for two adjacent crests (or two adjacent troughs) to pass a specific location ...

Oceanography 100 Final SDSU Exam Questions And Answers 100% Verified How was the solar system formed? - answer-a supernova (explosion of a start when it runs out of fuel) -4.6 billion years ago how was the earth formed? - answer-a nebula made of gas and dust -was formed 4.5 billion years ago how did oceans form? - answer-A volcanic expulsion - rained for thousands of years -hit by an icy comets -volcanic out gassing and ice from comets when did life form? - answer-3.7 billion years ag...

SDSU Oceanography100 (Exam 3) Questions And Answers 100% Verified What are the parts of a coastal region? - answerCoast, offshore, beach, berm, notch, wave- cut platform What does wave energy do to a coastal cliff over time? - answerWave Energy erodes the cliff, eventually creating sea stacks, caves and arches What do rivers and cliff erosion have to do with sand to the berm? - answerRivers: some carry more sediment to the ocean than longshore currents Cliff Erosion: sediments erode to j...

SDSU Ocean 100 Final SacramentoGrilo Exam Questions And Answers 100% Verified Origin of earth - answer• Supernova: death of a star (great explosion) • Supernova happened 4.6 bya, dust and gas flattens to a disk and spins faster due to gravity and solar nebula formed. • Solar Nebula: describes formation of Earth 4.5 bya • Nebula: gas cloud origin of oceans - answer• volcanic explosion, H2O condensed and rained down for thousands of years to create oceans • icy comets hitting ...

Oceanography Test #2 SDSU Exam Questions And Answers 100% Verified Water molecule (basic atomic structure) - answer1 oxygen (negative); 2 hydrogen (positive) Hydrogen bond: inter-molecular bonds (bond water molecules together) Polarity - answerWater is a polar molecule; electromagnetic H end: partial (+) charge, attracts (-) O end: partial (-) charge, attracts (+) thus, dissolves substances (universal solvent) 3 phases of water - answersolid (ice) liquid (water) gas (vapor) In order t...

Oceans 100 Exam 1 SDSU Questions And Answers 100% Verified SCIENCE - answersupports the explanation of the natural world that best explains all available observations (What is the basis of science? NEEDS EVIDENCE) SCIENTIFIC METHOD - answerThe process by which scientists take data from natural world and try to answer questions. HYPOTHESIS - answerA tentative, testable statement about the general phenomena observed OR an initial idea of how, or why things happen in nature. SCIENTIFIC THEO...

SDSU OCEANS 100 EXAM 3 Questions And Answers (Updated And Verified) The coastal region (6 parts) - answer1) coast 2) offshore 3) beach 4) berm 5) notch 6) wave coast - answerland extending inland as far as marine is seen; land adjacent to the beach affected by the ocean offshore - answerextends from breakers to edge of continental shelf beach - answershore and nearshore; very active berm - answerdry area at foot of coastal cliff; sand notch - answercave cut into sea cliff by waves wave-...

SDSU Oceanography 100 FINAL Exam Questions And Answers (Updated And Verified) What is the origin of the Earth? - answerFormed out of a solar nebula What are the origins of Life? - answerArchaea - the oldest origin of life on Earth What is kinetic energy? - answerThe energy of motion What is heat energy? - answerEnergy created by particles of matter rubbing together What is density? - answerA measurement of the amount of matter in a given volume of something. (mass per unit volume) What ...

What is pack ice also known as? - answerInsulation. The sea ice layer restricts wind and wave action near coastlines, lessening coastal erosion and protecting ice shelves. Sea ice also creates an insulating cap across the ocean surface, which reduces evaporation and heat loss to the atmosphere. How does sea ice protect coastlines? - answerProtects against erosion How does sea ice protect the ocean? - answerreduces evaporation of sea water and heat loss What is the temperature difference in...

How Old are the oceans - 4 billion years How were atmospheres and oceans formed - outgassing and icy commets what is outgassing - when volcanoes erupt and water vapor is condensed and turned into clouds and rain What are the internal Layers of earth - lithosphere asthenosphere mesosphere outer core inner core Lithosphere - Crust and Upper Mantle Asthenosphere - upper mantle (below lithosphere) Mesosphere - Rest of Mantle Outer core and inner core - outer fluid inner so...