Oceanography
By Brenda Owens
Picture from http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/students/coral/
1. Identify the types of plate boundaries at A,B, & C
C
B
A
http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05galapagos/backgr ound/mission_intro/media/GSC3D_600.html
2. Identify these features of shoreline erosion
A
B C
Picture adapted from http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/rogue-siskiyou/recreation/geology/coastal.shtml
3. What term is given to this picture?
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/Paleoclimatology_Evidence/paleoclimatology_evidence_2.html
4. What does the blank space represent?
Picture from http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/rip/
5. What movement do the white boxes in the picture represent?
B
A
Picture was adapted from http://www.geology.ucdavis.edu/~gel150b/sp05_billen/lec21_fig2.html
6. Identify the types of plate boundaries at A, B and C.
B
C
A
http://facweb.bhc.edu/academics/science/harwoodr/GEOL101/lab s/PlateTectonics3/index.htm
7.Identify the types of coral reef formations.
A
B
C
8. Identify A & B
B
A
9. Identify A, B, C, D, E, F, & G.
A
B
C
http://www.msstate.edu/dept/geosciences/CT/TIG/WEBSITES/RES EARCH/Christine_Oxenford/index.html
10. Identify these layers of the ocean according to temperature.
11. Calculate the Dissolved Oxygen content of the water if Salinity is 35 0/00 and Temp. is 23oC.
12. Name at least 5 processes that change the salinity of water.
http://www.k12.de.us/warner/hydrometer.htm
13.Label A, B, C, & D.
A
B
C
D
http://www.onr.navy.mil/Focus/ocean/motion/waves1.htm
14. What atmospheric conditions are formed at A & B?
A B
15. Identify the process here and give its significance.
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/eln/upw.rxml
16. Identify the conditions of each picture.
A B
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Ni%C3%B1a
17. Identify the warm and cold currents at A, B, C, D, & E.
B
E
D
http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/8q_1.html
18.Where do Hurricanes form?
http://www.stormsurf.com/page2/tutorials/hurricane.shtml
19. What kind of wave period would surfers prefer and why ?
http://www.backpackingqueensland.com.au/v2/site/goldcoastandhinterland.php
20.What is this instrument is and what is it used for?
http://www.uscg.mil/lantarea/iip/Photo_Gallery/Oceanographic_Equipment_1.shtml
21.What is this instrument and what does it do?
http://www.fishfarmsupply.ca/sampleequip.htm
22. Where do ocean salts come from?
http://www.klbschool.org.uk/exchanges/expeditions/argentina_05/rock%20salt.JPG
23.What causes the currents in the Northern and Southern Hemisphere to be opposite?
Picture modified from http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/8q_1.html
24. What kind of tides are represented in the picture?
http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/moontides/
25. How do particles in a wave move?
http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/fractals/natural/waves.jpg by J. C. Sprott
References
Q. 7 http://www.answers.com/topic/atoll
Q. 7 http://encarta.msn.com/media_461529282_761572186_1_1/Moor%C3%A9a_Fringing_Reef.html
Q. 7 http://www.great-barrier-reef.net/ Q.8http://www.cascadia.ctc.edu/facultyweb/instructors/jvanleer/astro%20sum01/Hyrothremal%20Vent%20Final/hyd
rothermal_vents.htm
Q. 10 http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/wwhlpr/thermocline.rxml