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How much of the Earth is covered in Water? correct answers 70% Where is most of the water located on Earth? correct answers Oceans What is the largest body of water on Earth? correct answers Oceans, interconnected to each other What are seas surrounded by? correct answers Smaller bodies of water surrounded by Land How is salinity in water determined/measured? correct answers The amount of dissolved solids in water, measured in g/1000 with an average of 3.3-3.6% What elements are i...

SDSU OCEANS 100 EXAM 3 LATEST UPDATE GRADED A+ the coastal region (6 parts) 1) coast 2) offshore 3) beach 4) berm 5) notch 6) wave coast land extending inland as far as marine is seen; land adjacent to the beach affected by the ocean offshore extends from breakers to edge of continental shelf beach shore and nearshore; very active berm dry area at foot of coastal cliff; sand notch cave cut into sea cliff by waves wave-cut platform flat eroded bedrock at beach created by ...

Organism - Answer-A living thing Population - Answer-A group of interbreeding organisms coexisting together (limited by time and location) Natural boundary - Answer-Mountains, rivers, oceans, etc Artificial boundary - Answer-mowed grass, man-made structures Community - Answer-different species within an area and the interactions within and among these species Heterospecifics - Answer-members of different species Ecosystem - Answer-All the biotic components in an area with the abiotic com...

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What are the four types of Oceanography? Define each. Correct Answer-1. Geological - Ocean floor and sediments 2. Chemical - Elements contained in ocean, H2O 3. Physical - Waves, Tides, and Energy 4. Biological - Organisms What are the four main oceans? And one more? Correct Answer-Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Artic, Southern For the different oceans, make sure you know which one is the: 1. Largest 2. Deepest 3. Shallowest Correct Answer-1. Pacific 2. Pacific 3. Artic (Pacific: Olde...

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How deep is the Mariana Trench (the deepest part of the ocean) compared to Mount Everest (the tallest mountain on Earth)? correct answers The Mariana Trench is thousands of meters deeper than Mount Everest is tall. The four principal ocean basins (plus an additional ocean) on Earth are the: correct answers Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Southern, and Arctic Oceans. The largest of the ocean basins, which currently covers more than half of the ocean surface, is the: correct answers Pacific Ocean...

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How do we know that the Earth got hit by a planet? correct answers seasons on Earth Why did the Earth begin to cool during the 'Cooling' event? correct answers lack of asteroid crashing on the Earth From what did the Earth form? correct answers Dust and Gas What process introduced oxygen to the atmosphere? correct answers photosynthesis The scientists know how exactly the Earth formed. correct answers false What is the name given to the cooling process inside the Earth? correct ...

Ocean 100 Exam 3 Questions and Answers Already Passed 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? Coast: 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, very a...