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SDSU Oceanography 100 (Exam 3) Questions and Answers Already Passed What are the parts of a coastal region? Coast, offshore, beach, berm, notch, wave-cut platform What does wave energy do to a coastal cliff over time? Wave 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? Rivers: some carry more sediment to the ocean than longshore currents Cliff Erosion: sediments erode to join the berm H...

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

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 earth (responsible for 1/2 of earths ocean water) origin of life - Answer-•...

ocean 100 SDSU Oceanography 100 exam 1 Final State Exam Questions and Answers science - CORRECT ANSWER-study of the physical, natural world through observations & experiments scientific method - CORRECT ANSWER-principles & empirical processes of discovery & demonstration considered characteristic of/ necessary for scientific investigation what are the steps of the scientific method? - CORRECT ANSWER-(1) observation (2) hypothesis (3) testing/experimenting (4) theory hypothesis - C...

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...

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 ...

Euphotic zone - Answer-first 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 - Answer-a) large algae(seaweed) -brown algae(kelp), green (sponge weed), red (rhodophyta) b) phytoplankton(small algae) -most producers -diatoms -coccolithophores -dinoflagellates Eukaryotes - Answer-seed plants and protist...

Ocean 100 Exam 2 SDSU (SDSU Oceanography 100) Questions and Answers What makes up the water molecule, the charges, the bond angle? - CORRECT ANSWER--Electrons (-) -8 on outer shell -Protons (+) -Neutrons (0) -Nucleus -Atom -Ions When does a water molecule expand? - CORRECT ANSWER-at 105 degrees What's so peculiar about this molecule? - CORRECT ANSWER-it's one of the few molecules that is present on earth in 3 different ways: as a liquid, solid, and gas The kinds of bonds in th...

SDSU Oceanography 100 Final Exam Questions and Correct Answers Verified origin of earth - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER-• volcanic explosion, H2O condensed and rained down for thousands of years to create oceans • ic...

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-...