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Ocean 100 Final – SDSU Exam Questions And Answers (Updated And Verified) Euphotic zone - answerfirst 200 meters -where photosynthesis can take place -suns radiation can be absorbed Seed Plants - answer-true plants -not very abundant -grasses, eelgrass and surfgrass -mangroves -like warm, muddy waters -have a root system Protists - answera) large algae(seaweed) -brown algae(kelp), green (sponge weed), red (rhodophyta) b) phytoplankton(small algae) -most producers -diatoms -cocco...

Ocean 100 Sacramentogrilo Final Exam Questions And Answers (Updated And Verified) Biological productivity - answersynthesis of organic materials from inorganic substances by photosynthesis/chemosynthesis what are the inputs & outputs of photosynthesis? - answerinputs: water, carbon dioxide, & sun energy outputs: sugar & oxygen (6H2O + 6CO2 + sunlight - > C6H12O6 + 6O2) what are the different types of light penetration in the oceans? - answer1. red/orange = turned into heat energy b/...

Ocean 100 Exam 3 Questions With 100% Verified Answers The Coastal region - the parts of the coastal region, starting with the coast all the way to the offshore (we looked at about 6); What wave energy does to a coastal cliff over time - how? Rivers and cliff erosion? ; what about southern California sand supply? - answerCoast: land extending inland as far as marine influence is seen (ex. SD at coast) Offshore: extends from breakers to edge of continental shelf Beach: shore and nearshore, ...

Ocean 100 Sacramentogrilo Exam 1 Questions With 100% Verified Answers Science - answerstudy of the physical, natural world through observations & experiments scientific method - answerprinciples & empirical processes of discovery & demonstration considered characteristic of/ necessary for scientific investigation what are the steps of the scientific method? - answer(1) observation (2) hypothesis (3) testing/experimenting (4) theory hypothesis - answeridea proposed to explain 1 or more f...

Ocean 100 Sacramentogrilo Exam 2 Questions With 100% Verified Answers What makes up the water molecule? - answer1. 2 hydrogen (+) atoms, attracts (-) atoms 2. 1 oxygen (-) atoms, attracts (+) atoms what is the bond angle of the water molecule? - answer105° what's so peculiar about this molecule? - answerit's one of the few molecules on earth present in 3 different ways: liquid, solid, & gas what kind of bonds are in the water molecule? - answercovalent bonds (sharing electrons between...

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 ...