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fnr 201 exam 1deductive reasoning - correct answer ✔✔big picture to small picture
inductive reasoning - correct answer ✔✔small picture to big picture
what percent of ocean is salt - correct answer ✔✔3.5%
how many YA did earth form and when did oceans form - correct answer ✔✔4.5 BYA and 4.2 BYA
how long for oceans to form and when were first marine bacteria found - correct answer ✔✔200 mill
years and 3.5 BYA
major oceans - correct answer ✔✔atlantic, pacific, indian, arctic, antarctic
continental shelf - correct answer ✔✔shallow seafloor adjacent to continent
continental slope - correct answer ✔✔area between shelf and deep ocean basin
shelf break - correct answer ✔✔abrupt change between continental shelf and continental slope
submarine canyons - correct answer ✔✔may form by terrestrial rivers, , formed by turbidity currents
(underwater landslides)
abyssal fan - correct answer ✔✔accumulation of sediment at the base of submarine canyon
continental rise - correct answer ✔✔gentle slope at base of continental slope
, abyssal plain - correct answer ✔✔flat expanse formed by sediments deposited by turbidity currents and
falling
abyssal hill - correct answer ✔✔formed by volcanic action and plate tectonics
volcanic mountains - correct answer ✔✔continuous series of underwater mountains
deep sea trenches - correct answer ✔✔associated with chains of volcanic islands - pacific
seamounts - correct answer ✔✔steep formations formed by underwater volcanoes
photic zone - correct answer ✔✔0-200 m
mid-water zone - correct answer ✔✔200-1000 m
aphotic zone - correct answer ✔✔1000+ m
pelagic zone - correct answer ✔✔water column
benthic zone - correct answer ✔✔water bottom
neritic zone - correct answer ✔✔water over the top of the continental shelf
littoral zone - correct answer ✔✔between high and low water
sublittoral zone - correct answer ✔✔below low water
hadley cell - correct answer ✔✔warm air rises and moves toward poles
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